Divide Sheep Camp

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Divide Sheep Camp
Divide Sheep Camp is located in Wyoming
Divide Sheep Camp
Nearest cityBaggs, Wyoming
Coordinates41°6′54″N 107°17′19″W / 41.11500°N 107.28861°W / 41.11500; -107.28861Coordinates: 41°6′54″N 107°17′19″W / 41.11500°N 107.28861°W / 41.11500; -107.28861
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1914 (1914)
NRHP reference No.84003635[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 9, 1984

The Divide Sheep Camp, also known as Niland's Cabins, is a ranch site on the Little Snake River in Carbon County, Wyoming, near Baggs. The camp was established in 1909 for summer use by sheepmen of the Niland-Tierney Sheep Company and others in the Little Snake valley. Eventually becoming the Divide Sheep Company the company operated until 1974, leaving the structures intact. The principal elements are a one-story log cabin with a finished attic, measuring about 25 feet (7.6 m) by 40 feet (12 m) built in the early 1920s, a log bunkhouse dating to about 1914, a spring house and a generator shed. The site represents a moderately-well-preserved turn-of-the-century sheep camp.[2]

The Divide Sheep Camp was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1984.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Leys, Art (June 7, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Divide Sheep Camp". National Park Service. with accompanying four photos

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