Stockmore Ranger Station

Stockmore Ranger Station
Nearest city Tabiona, Utah
Coordinates 40°28′11″N 110°50′24″W / 40.46972°N 110.84000°W / 40.46972; -110.84000Coordinates: 40°28′11″N 110°50′24″W / 40.46972°N 110.84000°W / 40.46972; -110.84000
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built c. 1914
Built by U.S. Forest Service
Architect U.S. Forest Service architects
NRHP Reference # 99001293[1]
Added to NRHP November 12, 1999

The Stockmore Ranger Station, in Ashley National Forest in Duchesne County, Utah near Tabiona, was built in c.1914. It is located off State Route 35/US 40 about 40 miles northwest of Duchesne, Utah. It was a work of U.S. Forest Service architects. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (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]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 J. Cory Jensen (December 4, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stockmore Ranger Station" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying seven photos


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