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Show 1. The Stockmore Ranger Station Dwelling 2. This building constructed in about 1915 is in poor condition. It has been used for seasonal housing for the past 20 years on a bunk type basis. One room the old office has been used for storage of supplies. 3. It is located along the Duchesne River in the NE~,NE~ of section 30, T.l.N., R.S.W., UBM. 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 SO acre administrative site below the National Forest. 6. It is not 10cated 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 naIl'.e 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 indivia1uals name Stockman and Moore. . ~e SO acre administrative site also contains a rich colorful history. After being withdrawn from the Indian Reservation in 1905 and improved as a Ranger Station by the Forest Service, it was claimed by a half breed Indian as a settlement when the half breeds were terminated 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 Chat Duchesne County had then placed the site up for se1l because of back taxes when it was in Mr. 'Pikes ownership. Finally the County Commissioners recognizing the condemnation action had clouded the tit1e of the property, dropped the tax sell and issued a quit claim deed to the Forest Service. S. No historic research or archeological investigation other than that with the CUP has been done to our knowledge. ~ssociated 9. 10. There are no specific protection needs required other than continuel ·maintenance if the building is to be disposed of in five or so years, or ~t 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 |
