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 | |
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| Nearest city | Tabiona, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 40°28′11″N 110°50′24″W / 40.46972°N 110.84000°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c. 1914 |
| Built by | U.S. Forest Service |
| Architect | U.S. Forest Service architects |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001293[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 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
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Duchesne County, Utah
- Indian Canyon Ranger Station, also NRHP-listed in Duchesne County
References
External links
Media related to Stockmore Ranger Station at Wikimedia Commons