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There's a corduroy in Alaska. Part of the Petersville Road (south of
Denali National Park), going west from Trapper Creek still has portions of
the original corduroy road exposed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/baggis/6268627570/
Though as far as any literature is concerned, I'm not aware of any, though
I've never really looked. I know the person who used to be one of the State
Historians with Alaska used to be interested in that road, but she's since
moved on from that position. I could ask her if you'd like.
-Travis Shinabarger
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Corey McQuinn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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