William (?) Smith wrote a contect statement for Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, back in the mid-1990s that discusses tie hacking at some length as an industry once present on that installation.  I don't think that document discusses any tie hacking camps as sites, but I could be wrong.  There may also be CRM reports relating to such sites, associated with the installation.  The Missouri SHPO should have references to teh documents.
 
D. Babson.

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Carl Barna
Sent: Wed 4/7/2004 4:24 PM
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Subject: Re: Tie Hack camps & Sawmills



Has anyone on this list done investigations on railroad tie-hack camps?

If so, I'd like to know:

1. What types of surface manifestations indicated to you that these were
tie-hack camps?

2.  What types of archival sources, if any, did you use to locate or
confirm the location of the camp?

3.  Has anyone written a historic context, or a least the portion of the
Multiple Property form for the history context, for one of these sites?

I've not worked with these types of sites before, but now I need to know
something about them.  If anyone still has a copy of the site report they
did for the camp, I would very much welcome a copy.

Mark B. - -

If you could contact me off-line, I'd like to hear more about your sawmill
project.

Cheers!

Carl Barna
Regional Historian
BLM Colroado State Office
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