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Show Facilities Despite its long use and extensive development, only three buildings remain in the historic core of the Stockmore Administrative Site: the ca. 1914 Dwelling (#1117), the 1959 Bunkhouse (#1122), and a corrugated metal Seed Storehouse (#1359) erected in November 1977.10 Information about ancillary features is limited and often from secondary rather than primary sources. This, combined with the interchange of facility numbers amongst some structures, presents challenges in tracking their histories. To date, research reveals the following data about buildings that once existed at the Stockmore Ranger Station: • Barn: A 1936 planting plan shows an L-shaped barn/garage southeast of the house. It also appears on a 1938 water system site plan. A 1948 plan portrays an existing barn in the same location although it is rectangular, not L-shaped. It was still there in 1960 when the Forest Supervisor described it as a "Barn & Tool Shed" built around 1922.11 A barn and a tool shed are listed, but crossed out, on a 1961 building inventory.12 • Cellar: A stone and earth cellar, located just off the Dwelling's northeast corner, appears in an early but undated photo, suggesting it was constructed with the house or soon thereafter. It appears in a 1926 photo in the same location but a 1948 site plan shows a cellar northwest of the dwelling. • Fire Caches: Two small fire caches stood behind Shed #4 as of 1997. The wood-framed structures, clad completely in corrugated metal, were removed in 2013. • Garage/Storeroom: A 1920s document mentions a "Garage & Storeroom combined, not sufficient room for all equipment.,,13 • Garage/Shed: A 1960 site plan shows a "shed" just south of the bunkhouse. It is labeled "garage" on a 1961 site plan. • Hay Shed: This tall, open-sided pole structure had a shed roof and served as a hay shelter. It was removed in 2013. • Pit Toilet (#3099): Although the Forest Service's infrastructure database lists the construction date as 1963, this 3'-6" x 4'-2" outhouse was clearly an R4 Plan 70 design. Region 4 adopted the design in 1933 and built hundreds of them throughout the Intermountain Region during the New Deal era. The Stockmore toilet, which is shown on a 1960 site plan, likely dated to the 1930s and may have replaced an 14 earlier one mentioned in a 1920s document. It was removed in 2013. • Storage Shed #1 (#4001, formerly #4003): This 13'-8" x 15'-6" building, marked #4003 as seen in a 1999 photo, was likely one of the 1958 tent frames that was boarded in by 1977.15 The Forest Service's infrastructure database provides a construction date of 1958 and notes it had served as a saw shop. A Photo of "Older American Crew constructing granary at Stockmore," November 1977 [photocopy], File: "Index: Photos," History Files, ANF Heritage Office. 11 A. R. McConkie, Forest Supervisor to Regional Forester, March 14, 1960, File: "2860 Withdrawal From Mineral Entry, Stockmore Ranger Station," Region 4 Lands Status Office, Ogden, Utah. 12 "Buildings Inventory," 1961, 8NS-Q95-94-115 Ashley National Forest Special Use Permits, 1912-1962, Box 31; Records of the Forest Service, Record Group 95; National Archives and Records Administration-Rocky Mountain Region. 13 7300 Buildings files, ANF File Room. 14 Ibid. 15 "Site Inventory Sheet," 1977, attached to IMACS form, ANF Heritage Report No. AS-81-Q0205. 10 Page 3 of4 |
