Capitol Reef Cultural Landscape Report

COVER

View of the Gifford Farm and Scenic Drive, looking northwest, 1996. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs used in this report are credited to the National Park Service and are on file at Capitol Reef National Park, Torrey, Utah.

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF APPENDICES

LIST OF MAPS

INTRODUCTION

Historical Overview
Purpose of the Report
Methodology and Scope

EXISTING CONDITIONS

Site Context
Site Description
Study Boundaries
Site Map (omitted from online edition)

HISTORY

Prehistoric Occupation
Mormon Settlement and Early Agriculture: 1880-1920
Tourism and Creation of Capitol Reef National Monument: 1920-1960
Mission 66 and National Park Service Development: 1960-1990
Endnotes

ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION

Overall Landscape Organization
Response to Natural Features
Cultural Traditions
Land Use
Vegetation Related to Land Use
    Riparian Plant Communities
    Introduced Plant Materials (ornamental/cultural)
    Agriculture
    Orchard Summaries
        Orchard Names
        Historic Crops
        Historical Documentation
Circulation
Cluster Arrangement
    Gifford Farm
    Holt Farm
Structures
    Fruita Schoolhouse
    Merin Smith Implement Shed
    Merin Smith Fruit Cellar
    Ranger Station
    Sulphur Creek Lime Kiln
    Sprang House
    Brimhall House
    Irrigation System
Archeological Resources
    Prehistoric Resources
    Historic Sites and Structures
        Fremont River Still Site
        Mulford Corrals
        Miscellaneous Rock Walls
        Inscription Rocks
        Home Sites
        Remnant Irrigation Works
Endnotes

RECOMMENDATIONS

Introduction
Management Concepts
Circulation
    Vehicular
    Pedestrian
Vegetation
    General
    Ornamental and Cultural
    Natural Vegetation
    Agriculture
        Orchards
        Fields
        Pastures
Structures
    Buildings
    Rock Walls
    Irrigation Systems
    Other Structures
Small-scale Features

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES

A. Statement of Significance, Fruita Rural Historic District

B. Summary of Management Documents, Capitol Reef National Park. Compiled by Kathy McKoy, 1993

C. Wayne County Tax Assessor Records, Land Use and Domestic Livestock. Summaries compiled by Kathy McKoy, 1993

D. Fruita Deed Histories

E. List of Classified Structures

F. Fruita Rural Historic District Cultivated and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Documented by Juanita Lichthardt, October 30, 1985

G. Letter, Chas S. Peterson to Kathy McKoy, June 24, 1993

1. Capitol Reef National Park (prepared by Jennifer Norton, 1998)

2. Fruita Rural Historic District (prepared by J. Norton, 1998)

3. Fruita Township Map, 1896

4. Capitol Reef National Park, 1937

5. Fruita Circulation System, 1962 (fold-out map)

6. Fruita Irrigation System (prepared by Cathy Gilbert, 1992)

7. Fruita Rural Historic District fold-out map (prepared by Jennifer Norton, 1996)

Cathy A. Gilbert is Historical Landscape Architect for the National Park Service, Columbia Cascades Support Office, Pacific West Region in Seattle, Washington.

Kathleen L. McKoy is Historian for the National Park Service, Colorado Plateau Support Office, Intermountain Region, in Denver, Colorado.