Boone Creek Homestead
Boone Creek homestead is eligible
for the National Register of Historic Places. The homestead has
a main cabin and a root cellar, however only the cabin warrants
preservation. The site represents one of the few intact homesteads
that remain on BLM lands in this region. Currently, the roof of
the cabin has collapsed and without replacing it in the next five
years, the rest of the log cabin is in jeopardy of collapse.
The proposed FY 2002 Cultural &
Fossil "At Risk" Project work would be contracted in
FY02 and would consist of replacing the sod roof and support beams
on the homestead cabin. The Upper Columbia-Salmon Clearwater (UCSC)
District engineering staff have conducted a condition assessment
of this cabin and determined the components that will need to
be replaced to make the structure stable. The project would entail
replacing the sod roof, roof beams and decking, and chinking.
Opportunity exists for partnership
with the South Custer Historical Society for interpretation.
The BLM was approached by a local
land owner within the last seven years to move the cabin to private
land to restore it before it deteriorated further. The BLM denied
this request because the action would negatively effect the eligibility
of the property. The land owner was assured by the agency that
funding would be sought to stabilize the property in place. This
site has the potential to provide heritage tourism, educational,
interpretive, and research opportunities.
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