Cave Springs Cowboy Camp

Cave Springs Cowboy Camp

Cowboy tools found at the site
Nearest city Moab, Utah
Coordinates 38°9′34″N 109°45′12″W / 38.15944°N 109.75333°W / 38.15944; -109.75333Coordinates: 38°9′34″N 109°45′12″W / 38.15944°N 109.75333°W / 38.15944; -109.75333
Built 1890
MPS Canyonlands National Park MRA
NRHP Reference # 88001233
Added to NRHP October 07, 1988[1]

Cave Springs Cowboy Camp was a line camp operated by the Scorup-Sommerville Cattle Company in what would become Canyonlands National Park, Utah. The site consists of a cave-like shelter under a rock overhang on the side of a small canyon. The canyon was arranged with a fence across the opening that allowed its use as a cattle pen. The site contains a great deal of material that was abandoned as the site became disused. The shelter was used from the late 1890s through the late 1960s when the park was established.[2]

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References

  1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. S. Mehls (April 23, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Cave Springs Cowboy Camp" (pdf). National Park Service.


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