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Show 1. The Stockmore Ranger Station Dwelling 2. This building constructed in about 191B is in poor condition. It has been used for seasonal housing for the past 20 years on a bunk type basis. Qne room the old office has been used for storage of supplies. ._ 3. It is located along the Duchesne River in the NE~,NE~ of s~ction 30, T.l.N., R.B.W., USM. 4. Future plans call for dispoal of this building once the new facilites being planned for construction by the Bureau of Reclamation are turned over to the Forest .Service. It will be maintained on a limted basis as needed with no major expenditures until then. 5. The ownership is Forest Service and the dwelling is located on an BO acre administrative site below the National Forest. 6. It is not located on any historical registers or inventoried in RIM as a historical site. 7. Other than being old the building does not contain any known historical significance. It is located and received its name by being adjacent to the old Stockmore townsite, which orginated as a scheme to defraud miners which came and purchased lots while they hunted for gold nuggets that were supposably salted there by two indivialuals name Stockman and Moore. T4e BO acre administrative site also contains a rich colorful history. After being withdrawn from the Indian Reservation in 190B and improved as a Ranger Station by the Forest Service, it \,'a s claimed by a half breed Indi an as a settlement when the half b r~eds were termina ted from the Ute Indian Tribal roles. The Department of . Interior would not interceed in the Forest Service behalf and a Mr. Pike became owner of the administrative site. The site was then purchased by the Forest Service through condemnation in 1962 and the title approved by the Attorney General only to find that Duchesne County had then placed the site up for sell because of back taxes when it was in Mr. ·Pikes ownership. Finally the County Commissioners recognizing the condemnation action had clouded the title of the property, dropped the tax sell and issued a quit claim deed to the Forest Service. B. No historic research or archeological investigation other than that associated with the CUP has been done to our knowledge. 9. 10. There are no specific protection needs required other than continue 1 ·maintenance if the building is to be disposed of in five or so years, or it is determined to be retained for historic purposes. Its potential use as an interpretive facility would be difficuilt while the present site is being used as a work center. It is |
