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Location11 miles east of U.S. Highway 350,
Model vicinity, CO
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CO-93
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N392).
Building/structure dates:
1906 initial construction
Significance: It is an example of a homestead established by former cowboys after the turn of the century in Pinon Canyon area of Las Animas County. The vernacular architecture of the site demonstrates the growth of a single-room homestead to a multi-room homestead with outbuildings. The site consists of 5 structures utilizing a variety of local buildings techniques and materials, although jacal and sandstone dominate...
Subjects
AgricultureHomesteadingCattle Ranches
Related Names
Cross, John Sanders
Thallheimer, Arnold, Photographer
McFadden, Michell, Historian
Wiatr, Al, Historian
Kirkpatrick, John H., Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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