Credits
This volume was prepared by the Division of History Studies, National Park Service, under the general supervision of the Chief, Robert M. Utley. One of a series designed to make available to the public the studies of the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, directed by John O. Littleton, it incorporates survey and evaluation reports prepared by the following National Park Service historians: William E. Brown, William C. Everhart, Ray H. Mattison, Charles W. Snell, and Robert M. Utley. These reports were reviewed by the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments and the Consulting Committee for the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings. Members of these groups are listed in the Acknowledgments.
The background narrative for this volume is based on studies prepared under contract by Dr. Odie B. Faulk, Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society; Dr. Benjamin F. Gilbert, San Jose State College; and Dr. Lawrence Kinnaird, University of California.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Information Regarding Published Edition
COLLABORATORS FOR VOLUME XI
Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and
Monuments (1960-64)
Edward B. Danson, Jr., Museum of Northern Arizona.
Marian S. Dryfoos, The New York Times.
Harold P. Fabian, Utah State Park and Recreation Commission.
Melville B. Grosvenor, National Geographic Society.
E. Raymond Hall, University of Kansas.
John A. Krout, Columbia University.
Frank E. Masland, Jr., Carlisle, Pa.
Edward J. Meeman, Memphis, Tenn.
John B. Oakes, New York City.
Sigurd F. Olson, Ely, Minn.
Paul L. Phillips, United Papermakers and Paperworkers.
Earl H. Reed, American Institute of Architects.
Fred Smith, Newark, N. J.
Robert G. Sproul, Berkeley, Calif.
Robert L. Stearns, Denver, Colo.
Wallace E. Stegner, Los Altos Hills, Calif.
Carl I. Wheat, Menlo Park, Calif.
Consulting Committee for the National Survey of Historic Sites and
Buildings (1960-64)
Ralph H. Gabriel, American University.
Robert R. Garvey, Jr., National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Eric Gugler, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
Richard Howland, Smithsonian Institution.
Frederick Johnson, Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology, Phillips Academy.
Waldo G. Leland, American Council of Learned Societies.
Earl H. Reed, American Institute of Architects.
S. K. Stevens, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Louis B. Wright, Folger Shakespeare Library.
National Park Service
Joseph P. Cullen, Staff Historian, Division of History Studies.
Dr. John A. Hussey, Regional Historian, San Francisco.
Richard E. Morris, Editorial Assistant, National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings.
John W. Walker, Staff Archeologist, National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings.
State and Private Organizations
H. D. Bugbee, Clarendon, Tex.
Albert Culverwell, Historian, Washington State Park Commission, Olympia.
William S. Evans, Jr., Curator, Los Cerritos, Long Beach, Calif.
Adlai Feather, Mesilla Park, N. Mex.
Russell W. Fridley, Director, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. Maurice Frink, Executive Secretary, State Historical Society of Colorado, Denver.
Mrs. Alice G. Good, Director of Library and Archives, Phoenix, Ariz.
Dr. Emil W. Harry, Arizona State Museum, Tucson.
Mrs. Isabel M. Haynes, Yellowstone Park, Wyo.
Miss Lola Homsher, Executive Secretary, Wyoming State Historical Society, Cheyenne.
Michael S. Kennedy, Director, Montana Historical Society, Helena.
Mrs. Edna G. Landin, President, Tombstone Restoration Commission, Tombstone, Ariz.
Dennis McCarthy, Director, Arizona State Parks Board, Phoenix.
C. Boone McClure, Director, Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, Canyon, Tex.
Nyle H. Miller, Secretary, State Historical Society of Kansas, Topeka.
Dr. A. R. Mortensen, Director, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City.
Dr. Aubrey Neasham, State Historian, California Division of Beaches and Parks, Sacramento.
Dr. James C. Olson, former Superintendent, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.
Dr. William J. Peterson, Superintendent, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City.
Glenn W. Price, Executive Director, The Westerners Foundation, Stockton, Calif.
Gil Procter, Kitchen's Ranch, Nogales, Ariz.
Frank D. Reeve, Department of History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Russell Reid, Superintendent, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck.
Will G. Robinson, Secretary, South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre.
Paul A. Rossi, Director, Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Okla.
Dr. Carl Russell, Orinda, Calif.
Roscoe Sheller, Sunnyside, Wash.
Dr. Floyd C. Shoemaker, Secretary, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.
Miss Irene Simpson, Wells Fargo Museum, San Francisco.
Mrs. Agnes Wright Spring, Historian, State Historical Society of Colorado, Denver.
H. J. Swinney, Director, Idaho Historical Society, Boise.
Dr. K. Ross Toole, former Director, Historical Society of Montana, Helena.
Thomas Vaughan, Director, Oregon Historical Society, Portland.
Dr. W. W. Wasley, Arizona State Museum, Tucson.
Dr. Merle Wells, Historian, Idaho State Historical Society, Boise.
Robert C. Wells, King Ranch, Kingsville, Tex.
Arthur Woodward, formerly with the Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 66—60014
Foreword to Published Edition
Between 1803 and 1853, the new seaboard republic of the United States acquired a vast empire of plains, mountains, and deserts west of the Mississippi River. Its borders fixed on the Pacific, it gloried in its new stature as a continental Nation. But most of the new domain lay unconquered and unknown except to scattered Indian tribes and a few explorers and mountain men. In the next half-century, soldiers, traders, road and railway builders, and other adventurers helped fill in the map of the American West. Overshadowing them all in actually subduing the land, however, were the prospector, cowhand, and sodbuster.
Though these three types of pioneers fostered exaggerated stereotypes that still live in American folklore, each shared decisively in shaping the history of the West. And each left tangible evidences of his passage across the land that recall for today's generation the contributions of frontier mining, stockraising, and farming to the making of America.
This volume surveys the legacy of historic sites and buildings bequeathed by these actors in the drama of conquering the West. It is one of a series of books designed to make available the findings of the National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings, a nationwide program conducted by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior under authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935. The Survey's purpose is to identify historic and prehistoric places of significance to the Nation. Such places are studied and evaluated by Service field historians and archeologists, screened by a Consulting Committee of outside scholars, and final selections recommended to the Secretary of the Interior by the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments. When approved by the Secretary, sites and buildings judged of national historical significance are eligible for designation as Registered National Historic Landmarks. Upon application, their owners are provided with a certificate and a bronze plaque attesting to the distinction.
Credit for the preparation of this volume is shared widely by persons both in and out of the National Park Service. In particular, the work of the Service in the general field of historic preservation has benefited inestimably from the assistance provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, a cosponsor of the Survey.
The sites and buildings evaluated and described in the following pages commemorate or illustrate a vital chapter of our American heritage. Citizens who visit them will better understand and appreciate the rich history of our Nation. Now, more than ever before, urbanization and "modernization" are destroying historic places at an alarming rate. Vigilance and prudent historic preservation should be our watchwords; progress need not be made at the expense of thoughtless destruction. We hope that this volume, and others in the series, will encourage individuals, private groups, and State and local governments to join the Federal Government in making the increased efforts that are so critically needed today to preserve our historic treasures.
GEORGE B. HARTZOG, Jr.
Director
National Park Service
Art and Picture Credits to Published Edition
Photographs are by the National Park Service except where specified
NOTE: The eight F. Jay Haynes photographs included in this volume appeared in FOLLOWING THE FRONTIER with F. Jay Haynes, Pioneer Photographer of the Old West, by Freeman Tilden (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1964). They are reproduced through the courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and The Haynes Foundation.
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