Stockmore Ranger Station

The Stockmore Ranger Station, is a ranger station in Ashley National Forest in Duchesne County, Utah, United States, near Tabiona, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Stockmore Ranger Station
Station and bunkhouse, September 2018
Nearest cityTabiona, Utah
Coordinates40°28′11″N 110°50′24″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1914
Built byU.S. Forest Service
ArchitectU.S. Forest Service architects
NRHP reference No.99001293[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1999

Description

The station was built in c.1914 and is located off State Route 35, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Duchesne. It was a work of U.S. Forest Service architects. It was listed on the NRHP) in 1999; the listing included five contributing buildings and five non-contributing buildings and structures, built from c.1914 to 1985.[1][2]

It is significant as a memento of the early days of the U.S. Forest Service, which had been established in 1905. The station established a Federal presence and its main building is one of the "earliest remaining structures on the Ashley National Forest built specifically by the Forest Service to house a ranger." It is named for the former town of Stockmore, about 1/4 mile to the east, which had been abandoned around 1906 after it was discovered that supposed gold strike in the area had been a fraud.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Cory Jensen (December 4, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stockmore Ranger Station". National Park Service. and accompanying seven photos

Media related to Stockmore Ranger Station at Wikimedia Commons



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.