Daniel Harrison at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan
identified a portion of the War of 1812-period Hull's Trace a few years
ago. I don't have contact info for him off hand, but I'm sure it's
available online. The site has its own Wikipedia entry here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull%27s_Trace_North_Huron_River_Corduroy_Segment

Bob



On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:05 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Let's not forget the corduroy road built in the early 20th century to
> connect Yuma and San Diego across the dunes of Imperial Valley. Lots of
> historical info on this in local museum archives in El Centro and BLM files.
>
> Bob Hoover
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Carbiener &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
> To: HISTARCH &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
> Sent: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 8:40 am
> Subject: Re: Corduroy Road Archaeology
>
>
>
>
> Hi Corey,
>
> Below is a full and excellent report of the project on the Carter Military
> Road
> in the Ashley National Forest in NE Utah.  I volunteered a couple of years
> and
> on that road in marshy meadows areas there were good remains of corduroy
> road
> construction found.  I am sure Byron's report details it.
>
> Gerald A. Carbiener
> Minden, NV
>
>
> Detecting the Ghost Road of the Uintas: The Carter Milit
> ary Road, By Byron Loosle
> Between 2004 and the 2011 the Forest Service sponsored a series of
> Passport in
> Time projects and other research activities on the Carter Military Road, an
> 1880’s era supply route that crossed the Uinta Mountains of northeastern
> Utah.
> This article reports the results of the 2004 through 2007 projects when
> experienced metal detecting volunteers and Forest Service personnel were
> able to
> identify and map several road segments, nine military construction camps, a
> government sawmill, two civilian occupations, and other features of the
> Carter
> Military Road. Each camp search had its unique challenges and a few
> examples are
> highlighted to illustrate the value of the collaboration of metal
> detecting,
> historical research, and archaeological techniques. A variety of military
> items
> (buttons, insignias, cartridges) and mundane artifacts (cut nails) helped
> us
> identify the military camps used in 1882-83 and to distinguish these camps
> from
> contemporary civilian cabins.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corey McQuinn &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
> To: HISTARCH &lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;
> Sent: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 7:52 pm
> Subject: Corduroy Road Archaeology
>
>
> Hello there Histarchs,
>
> I am working on a paper for a regional peer-reviewed journal on corduroy
> road archaeology and I am currently in the process of collecting as many
> contexts as I can (up to 24 at last count). The paper is based partly on a
> corduroy road site Hartgen found in New York's North Country dating to the
> late 18th c. I am particularly interested in construction techs, dating
> techniques, method of discovery, and species.
>
> At this point, I have reached out to Forest Service archaeologists in
> Region 9 and SHPOs across the country. I am hoping this current effort
> reaches CRM professionals. My sense is that a lot of these contexts, since
> they are found inadvertently often, don't quite make it to being recorded
> in state registers as a "site." My hope is that the collective corporate
> memory can be helpful in finding the sites that slip through the cracks
> (between the logs). Thank you so much for your help.
>
> Corey McQuinn, MA, RPA
> Project Director
> Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
>


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