Divide Sheep Camp
Divide Sheep Camp | |
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| Nearest city | Baggs, Wyoming |
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| Coordinates | 41°6′54″N 107°17′19″W / 41.11500°N 107.28861°WCoordinates: 41°6′54″N 107°17′19″W / 41.11500°N 107.28861°W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1914 |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003635[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 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[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Leys, Art (June 7, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Divide Sheep Camp". National Park Service. with accompanying four photos
External links[]
- Divide Sheep Camp at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
- National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Wyoming
- Buildings and structures completed in 1914