Tonto Ranger Station, Forest Service Road 65 at Tonto Wash, Skull Valley

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On Forest Service Road 65 at east bank of Tonto Wash, Prescott National Forest, Skull Valley vicinity, approximately 19 miles northwest of City of Prescott via Yavapai Route 10 and Tonto Road, Yavapai County, Arizona. U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute series Skull Valley Quadrangle, Arizona Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates: Zone 12, Easting Northing Construction Dates: Barn-1908 Garage - circa Architect: Barn - U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Garage - none Builder: Barn - Forest Service Garage - undetermined

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The remaining components of the Tonto Ranger Station provide insight to the way of life of forest rangers in the formative years of the Forest Service. Additionally, the horse barn is an early and interesting example of a building constructed from a standard plan developed by an agency of the federal government (Forest Service). Prepared By: Gerald A. Doyle & Associates, Historical Architects North Street Phoenix, Arizona with contributions by LyleM. Stone, Archaeological Research Services, Inc. South Mill Avenue Tempe, Arizona Date: April Tonto Ranger Station HABS No.

AZ-207 Page - 2 INTRODUCTION This Historic American Building Survey documentation of a historic barn and garage at the Tonto Ranger Station (See Vicinity Map, page 3.) was prepared to satisfy a stipulation of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Prescott National Forest and the Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer Concerning the Tonto Ranger Station, Bradshaw Ranger District, Prescott National Forest, dated (by the Forest Service) August 17, (See Field Records). Both the barn and garage had been determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The memorandum required that the documentation be prepared prior to the demolition of the historic buildings.

Historical Context

Settlement of the area that now includes the Prescott National Forest traditionally began in June of with the arrival of a group of gold miners led by Captain Joseph Reddeford Walker. Word soon reached the East that there was, indeed, gold in the mountains of Arizona. Later that year, President Lincoln appointed a group of men to form a government for Arizona Territory. (Also in the Confederate government created the Confederate Territory of Arizona.) John H. Goodwin, who had been appointed territorial governor, and his party traveled over "Whipple's Road" from New Mexico to the temporary military headquarters at Del Rio Springs, arriving in January The territorial capital was soon established at Prescott rather than at Tucson, as initially intended.

The change in location was, no doubt, influenced by reports from the mines. ". . . The lately discovered quartz leads are exceedingly rich. Some specimens brought to the post are said to compare favorably with the best veins in California .. . There would seem nothing... to prevent a large immigration in the Spring."1 Among the first pioneer settlers of the region was Joseph Ehle, who arrived in nearby Skull Valley with his wife, one son, and five daughters in July The government, by that time, had established a road station there.

Skull Valley, some 44 years later, would become the location for the Tonto Ranger Station.2 The name Skull Valley probably derives from the piles of bleached Indian skulls found there by soldiers of the First California Volunteers, who passed through the valley in March The skulls were the remnants of a battle between Apaches and Maricopas, in which the latter were victors.3 At the close of the Civil War in the number of troops in Arizona was greatly increased, providing protection to the settlers from the Indians. During the following years, the population of the area began to increase as miners, merchants, and farmers arrived from California and the East.

The increasing demand for beef to supply the military and those Indians who agreed to live on reservations created a new market for cattle. During the the "cow" business in Arizona Tonto Ranger Station HABSNo. AZ-207 Page - 3 SCAlf Of Mill!, ?0 SCAll. OF HIKWdMlS 16 32 ' '-^ - Vi A : :. 'm. >Aj 9. OFAD HO r PORE ST 4 Chino'f', ^row'PCoi'-Iv ^ Valley, Happy Jar [I JOOO NADONAi.r/ G'*nti(> NAIIONAt-. ! _ - iPrtscott Vallcv "s Xl rClMcCuireviile - c ' .SLulK Prescot Va!fcytf-^..-C^Jp- _< > I1UW, " V l, ^HumMldt- >"* "*" A Kffkiwid let ^ 'FOREST ^. ' " * 1 ,8 -OatTCreeV J\ \ ! Ggodtfmi Cord^iJO*',-' 17 ^ ' ' W, 4^' . """ 'Wl 'I id - v ii r;V"fCordcs let. Cci'plfs Valley, Yarncll , . tt !< "'Sidntu TONTO MO-IK cok , %. '. / .i.i-i \ '' Octaa < - .S 9U, .

\ L: Conjjtellalion , Black Canyon Q'" rxoMA. ' City J:'ma I c '- - Wickcnhurg v --. ii - *, ' *-" Castle - <.% ^-vHutSpn;i;3- / N1 '^' ' " .Ocet.i ^- j# *( V; lloc^h Bull* Morrisiown Circle City ' Wiltmann Bcarilslcy ^ ,, SunCity C) ] M A. \ R,/ Su'""'"1"' " Litthficld I'ark 1 .'JS,\-<AI mifOJ?l*N Winlersburg J-J Cushion Hass<yji i(>.i .Apachr" "~" Vicinity Map. Taken from Arizona Road Map, produced by ^raonfl Highways Magazine, Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page - 4 greatly expanded and soon large herds were grazing in the Prescott area. Unfortunately, little attention was given to conservation of natural resources in those years. F^nge lands, which at first seemed endless, began to deteriorate from overgrazing.

The prevailing attitude of ranchers of that era was often fostered by the "legend of inexhaustibility,"* which also caused the abuse of timberlands by loggers. In the droughts and overstocking wiped out some cattlemen. It was estimated that 75 percent of the cattle in Yavapai County died on the range in and 50 percent of those remaining in At the same time, the industrial revolution, together with the rapidly growing national population, created a demand for housing, furniture, and other wood products, resulting in the consumption of large tracts of Western forest. Additionally, the Arizona mines required thousands of timbers for stulls, to be used in shoring up shafts and tunnels, and the railroads purchased untold quantities of ties and trestle piles from the Prescott lumber men.

Trees were cut at an alarming rate to satisfy the demand for lumber. As a result, many forest areas were totally denuded. Exploitation of the forests reached a high during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Events similar to those occurring in Yavapai County were happening throughout the West. Government control of the nation's natural resources began because of an urgent need for conservation. A few forward-looking men realized the need to protect the country's forests as early as the The greatest parts of the forests in the East had already been consumed or were in private or state ownership, placing them outside federal control. Consequently, conservationists began to look toward the West.

By the American Forestry Association had been organized to foster public support of forestry. In Congress established the first national forest-conservation policy and authorized the President to set aside large timber tracts in the West as forest reserves6 Under the administration of Benjamin Harrison, forest reserves totaling 13 million acres were established. His successor, Grover Cleveland, added 21 million acres, and Theodore Roosevelt, a dedicated naturalist, set aside 132 million acres more. Then, as now, the purpose of forestry was not to prohibit use of natural resources, but to combine use with conservation. The forest reserves were initially administered by the General Land Office of the Department of the Interior.

However, on the urging of Gifford Pinchot, a noted forester who had the support of the American Forestry Association and President Roosevelt, Congress transferred the administration of the forest reserves to the Department of Agriculture in and the Bureau of Forestry became the Forest Service. In the name forest reserve was changed to national forest. The Prescott Forest Reserve was one of the first to be established. An article published in the Arizona Miner on April 2, gives a capsule history of its selection:7 "Honorable W. P. Hermann, special agent of the Interior Department, is now in Prescott for the purpose oflooking into the matter of setting aside.... a forest reserve.... Mr.

Hermann has spent two months investigating the Forest Reserves of the Northwest, together with the matter of the creation of a national park of the Grand Canyon. He comes to Prescott at the direction of his brother, Honorable Binger Hermann, of the General Land Office, and of President McKinlcy " Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page - 5 On May 10, the boundaries of the Prescott Forest Reserve were published, and in the name forest reserve was changed to nationalforest. As today, each national forest was administered by a forest supervisor, and each district was headed by a district ranger. In the early days of the Forest Service, ranger stations, from which forest rangers conducted Forest Service affairs, were constructed throughout the national forests.

The distance between stations was often determined by how far a ranger could travel in a day on horseback. Stations were often in wilderness areas and provided comfortable quarters for the rangers and their families. The early ranger had to be jack-of-all-trades. His activities included: Marking trees for cutting and preparing contracts for small timber sales. Issuing permits to settlers and prospectors for the free use of timber for domestic purposes. Keeping check on the number of cattle which were permitted on the range. Counting sheep when they entered or left the forest and posting sheep allotments. Reporting on use of national forest land. Constructing houses, barns, roads, trails, bridges, telephone lines, and other improve- ments on the national forests.

Protecting the national forest timber from fires by surveillance and suppressing fires once they started. The Tonto Ranger Station was typical of many stations constructed in the Prescott National Forest, throughout Arizona, and in most of the Western national forests. It represents a facility type that no longer is used by the Forest Service. Today, ranger districts are administered from urban offices, and district rangers are supported by professional assistants in the management of their districts. Pickup trucks have replaced horses as the principal means of travel by Forest Service personnel.

History of Tonto Ranger Station

Construction of a house, barn, and well at Tonto Ranger Station, originally known as Tonto Spring Ranger Station, was authorized by the chief of the Forest Service on October 8, (Plate Work began immediately thereafter or, as official correspondence suggests, even before authorization was received from Washington. In a letter dated February 8, Charles H. Hinderer, the forest supervisor, reported to the district forester in Albuquerque that the barn had been completed (Plate 2). The letter authorizing the construction of the station instructed Hinderer to use Forest Service "Standard Plan No. 7" for the house (Plates 3, 3a, and 3b) and "Standard Plan No. 19" for the barn (Plates 4 and 4a).

Although the house no longer remained when the station was documented, a * Plates may be found at the end of the written and historical data. All are located in File 7300-Buildings and Other Structures, Tonto Administrative Site, Prescott National Forest, Prescott, Arizona. Tonto Ranger Station HABSNo. AZ-207 Page - 6 historic photograph (HABS photograph AZ-207-1) suggests that the standard plan was followed with little change. The barn, which is one of the subjects of this Historic American Buildings Survey, was constructed essentially as shown on the standard plan. The garage, which is also a subject of the survey, is not mentioned in any located correspondence and was not constructed from a known standard plan.

The garage is first documented in a photograph, showing it in context with the house and barn (HABS photograph AZ-207-2). It does not appear in a site plan dated (Plate 5). Lacking any recognition in official correspondence, of which there is a considerable amount, it appears that the garage was probably built without formal funding by the Forest Service, perhaps to shelter a ranger's privately owned automobile. Over the years, a number of improvements were made to the Tonto Ranger Station. These included remodeling the house to provide a bathroom and other amenities, bringing telephone service to the property, and bettering the water supply of the installation.

By the station was no longer permanently occupied (Plate 6) and was only used as a temporary office by the district ranger when he was working in the area (Plate 7). The facility's role in the administration of the Prescott National Forest had largely ended by the late Today, the station is still remote from everyday human activity, and no viable adaptive use for it has been found. Both the bam and the garage have suffered from disuse and lack of maintenance. Also, they have been invaded by birds, rodents, and insects, furthering their decline.

Consequently, after consultation with the Arizona State Historic Preservation Officer, the Department of Agriculture sponsored this Historic American Buildings Survey documentation in preparation for removing the remains of the station from the national forest.

Description of Site

The general area is characterized by low relief topography surrounded by hills with outcroppings of boulders. The ranger station property lies on a bench along the east bank of Tonto Wash, which is the primary drainage for the area. The site proper is surrounded by a barbed-wire fence and is approximately by (E-W). The land gently slopes from north to south with a change in elevation of about four feet. Most of the property is covered with grass. A number of live oaks are found on the site. The historic bam and corral are found near the southwest corner of the property, and the historic garage is sited near the center of the station (Plates 8 and 9). A number of other site features are present.

These include a poorly defined foundation of a ranger's house, which was removed at an undetermined date after other small foundations and depressions, a circular steel water tank, a watering trough, a nonhistoric concrete masonry unit pump house, and several flat concrete elements that may be lids of underground concrete water and/or septic tanks. Remnants of a steel windmill tower also remain. The structure was removed after In addition to these features, all of which relate to the ranger station, there is a recently constructed public restroom near the southeast corner of the property, presumably provided for campers (HABS photograph Tonto Ranger Station HABSNo. AZ-207 Page - 7 AZ-207-A-1).

There is also a light scattering of historic artifacts on the site, such as rusted cans, bottle fragments, pipe fittings, and scraps of ferrous metal.

Description of the Barn

The barn (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-1) is a two-story wooden building with plan dimensions of by (E-W). East of the barn are two pole corrals, and south and west of the building is a pasture enclosed with a wire and board fence. A gable roof with an eave height of about 14' and a ridge height of about 22' above grade covers the structure. The second floor is above the earth first floor. The previously mentioned Forest Service standard plan, dated detailed the building's construction. As shown by physical evidence, the original color scheme was white for the siding and dark green for the trim and shingles. Sometime later, perhaps in the siding and trim were repainted white. At an undetermined date, the siding and trim were painted a light yellow ocher; the shingles were not repainted.

The ocher color remains today on the siding and trim. The shingles are naturally weathered and only have traces of the green paint. The standard plan ("Plan No. 19, Three Stall Stable") was faithfully followed by the builders, who were forest rangers assisted by hired carpenters. A few variations from the plan occurred. They include the deletion of the wood first floor (which was not a very practical feature for a stable) and the substitution of a sliding door for a window at the south end of the east wall (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-2). The latter change may have occurred during a remodeling, perhaps in The modified balloon-frame building is constructed with 2" x 4" exterior side wall studs spaced more or less at 24" on centers and 1" x 12" vertical boards with W x 2lAn battens.

Gable end studs are spaced at 30" on centers. Both side and end wall studs are blocked at mid-height. The second floor (loft) is framed with 2" x 8" joists spaced at 23" on centers and supported by a double 2" x 4" platform plate on top of the first floor studs. Second floor walls are framed with 2" x 4" studs spaced about 51 on centers. These studs are not continuous with the first floor studs and are carried by the loft floor, which is supported by the platform plate. The 1" x 12" wall boards span from the mud sill to the roof plate, which carries the rafters. Flooring is tongue-and-groove 1" x 5" boards installed at 90 to the joists.

The joists are supported at mid-span on a double VA" x 12" wood beam carried by 4" x 4" wood posts at the ends of the stall partitions and by the store room partition. The gable roof has a overhang on all sides. Wood shingles are carried on 1" x 6" sheathing boards supported by 2" x 6" common rafters spaced at 33" on centers. Opposite rafters are tied with a 1" x 6" collar beam placed about 2' below the roof ridge. There is no ridge board. The rafters are fitted to a double 2" x 4" roof plate with a bird's-mouth notch. There is no fascia board. Several kinds of windows are found in the building. Each horse stall has a small, single-light window, and the store (tack) room has a double-hung window with a four-over-four arrangement of 8" x 8" lights (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-3).

Two other first-floor window openings are fitted with wood shutters that replace the 4/4 sashes shown on the standard plan. The shutters do not Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page - 8 appear to be original. The single loft window, now broken, has three-over-three lights (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-2). The first floor has a wide rolling door (over a wide opening) hung on a steel barn-door track in the north end wall (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-1), and a wide rolling door (over a wide opening) in the east wall (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-2), where the previously mentioned window was deleted. The larger door is constructed of 12"-wide vertical boards with battens, and the smaller one was fabricated of 6"-wide, diagonal, tongue-and-groove boards.

In both doors, the boards are fastened to cleats on the inside surface. A single-leaf swinging door is found in the north end of the loft (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-1), which was used to stock the loft with hay and grain. It is constructed with diagonal boards, as the first-floor door. A four-panel, rail-and- stile door with a bit key lockset accesses the store room. The first floor of the building is configured into two segments along its longitudinal centerline (HABS photograph AZ-207-A-4). The west half consists of three 4'-wide horse stalls and a store (tack) room. The east half is a single, open space. Each stall is fitted with a hay manger, and two stalls also have grain boxes. The mangers were filled through openings in the floor of the loft.

In the northeast corner of the building, the second floor has been cut away so that the loft can be accessed by a portable ladder. The plan shows a ladder attached to the wall in this location, but one is not present now. However, remnants of a wooden ladder remain in the loft. The loft is a single room with the previously mentioned hay door in the north end and the three-over-three light window in the south end. All the lumber used in the barn is full dimension. The shingles are either redwood or red cedar and are 16" long with to the weather. Members are fastened with wire nails and spikes. While the doors were obviously handmade on the site, the windows appear to have been factory-made. Over the years, a number of changes were made to the building.

In tie rods were installed across the short dimension of the building, one about T from each end of the building (Plate At the center of each rod there is a turnbuckle to tension the rod. The rods were apparently required to prevent the tops of the walls from moving outwardly, since ceiling joists were not installed at the level of the wall plate. In as determined by an inscribed date found near the right jamb of the rolling door in the north wall, a concrete footing was constructed under the 4" x 6" mud sill, which originally was supported directly by the ground. The barn is in fair condition. The walls are plumb and the second floor is reasonably level. Main members are sound, but many connections are loose. Some battens are also loose, allowing rain and snow to enter the building.

Additionally, many shingles are missing and several window panes are broken, further reducing the weather integrity of the building and hastening its deterioration.

Description of the Garage

The garage (HABS photograph AZ-207-B-1) is a single-story, one-room, wood-frame building with a plan dimension of by (E-W). A gable roof with an eave height of 7 and ridge height of covers the structure. The exterior of the building was originally painted white with green trim. It does not appear that the shingles were ever painted. Today the garage is painted light Tonto Ranger Station HABSNo. AZ-207 Page - 9 yellow ocher, matching the barn. The building appears in the photograph (HABS photograph AZ-207-2) and may have been constructed when the work was accomplished on the barn. No other documentation on the garage has been found. The 2" x 4" stud walls are constructed on a concrete foundation, and the building has a concrete floor slab.

Wall studs are spaced at 24" on centers and are covered with drop siding on the exterior and gypsum drywall on the interior. Corner boards are found on the exterior of the building. A garage door has been infilled with siding in the south wall (HABS photograph AZ-207-B-2), and a swinging 5-panel (personnel) door is found in the west wall near the northwest corner of the structure. A narrow concrete ramp remains outside the infilled door. Small windows with plain casings are found near the centers of the north and east walls. The east-wall sash slides into a wall pocket. The roof is framed with 2" x 4" common rafters spaced 24" on centers. The rafters have bird's- mouth notches where they cross the wall plate. Spaced 1" x 4" sheathing boards support wood shingles.

Opposite rafters are tied with a 1" x 6" collar beam at the midpoint. A gypsum board ceiling is attached to 1" x 6" ceiling joists fastened to the wall plate and the rafters. The roof is insulated with paper-enclosed glass-fiber batts, and a 1" x 4" fascia board is nailed to the rafter tails. The ridge has a sheet metal cap. Lumber sizes are nominal (not full as in the barn), further suggesting that the garage was constructed in the Remnants of an electrical system, including a disconnect switch, incandescent-lighting fixtures, and receptacles remain. A 22"-wide x 96"-long x 38"-high wooden workbench is located against the north wall, and there is a 22"-wide x 54"-long x 30"-high wooden workbench or desk against the east wall at its north end (HABS photograph AZ-207-B-3).

The wall above the north workbench is surfaced with a pegboard, presumably for hanging tools. Also, there is 10"-wide x 60"-long x 60"-high shelf on the south wall, beginning near the southwest corner of the room. The garage is in poor condition, and its integrity was severely diminished by the removal of the garage door and the infilling of the door opening with siding, thereby creating a combination office/workshop. Additionally, gypsum drywall was not available when the building was constructed. The interior of the building is essentially unfinished with untaped gypsum drywall joints, unpainted surfaces, and an exposed concrete floor. Tonto Ranger Station HABS No.

AZ-207 Page - 10 PLATES Plate 1 Forest Service letter dated October 8, Plate 2 Forest Service letter dated January 22, Plate 3 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture-Forest Service, Standard Buildings, Rangers Cabin, Four Rooms, Frame, Plan No. 7. Plate 3a Bill of material accompanying Plan No. 7 4-room frame house, 12' x Plate 3b Bill of material accompanying Plan No. 7 4-room frame house, 12' by 42' Continued. Plate 4 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service Standard Buildings Three Stall Stable Plan No. 19. Plate 4a Bill of material accompanying Plan No.

19 3-stall stable, 18' x Plate 5 United Stated Department of Agriculture Forest Service sketch dated Plate 6 Forest Service letter dated October 27, Plate 7 Forest Service letter dated June 17, Plate 8 Forest Service plan "Prescott National Forest, Tonto Springs Ranger Station, Scale 1" = Date Aug 2, Plate 9 Sketch Site Plan of Existing Conditions, November Plate 10 Forest Service letter dated May 28, BIBLIOGRAPHY "File 7300-Buildings and Other Structures, Tonto R. S. [Ranger Station] Administrative Site." Copy is available at Prescott National Forest, 344 South Cortez Street, Prescott, Arizona Brown, Vk&w&M.Magnificent Land: A History of'the Prescott National Forest.

Published by the author, Copy is available at Prescott National Forest (Office of the Museum Curator), 344 South Cortez Street, Prescott, Arizona McKie, James M. USDA Forest Service, Cultural Resource Inventory Report Tonto Ranger Station Removal, June 29, Copy is available at Prescott National Forest, 394 South Cortez Street, Prescott, Arizona END NOTES 1. Pauline Henson, Founding a Wilderness Capital (Flagstaff: Northland Press, 65. 2. Will C. Barnes, Arizona Place Names, (University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Ninth printing 3. Barnes 4. Robert L. Sharp, Big Outfit (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1. 5. Virginia M. Brown, Magnificent Land: A History of the Prescott National Forest (Published by the author, 11. 6.

The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 14 "National Forest" (Chicago World Book-Childcraft International Inc., Field Enterprises Inc., 33. 7. Brown Tonto Ranger Station HABSNo. AZ-207 Page - 11 UNITED STATES

Department of Agriculture Forest Service

OjS WASHINGTON BRANCH OF OPCflATION orricc or CNQiMccninQ October 8, Mr. C. H. Hinderer, ""xescott National Forest, " rescott, Arizona. Dear Hinderer: In reply to your letter of October 2, you were wired today as follows: "Improvement authorization increased ten sixty-six ninety-two Tonto Springs Station. v Your authorisation for improvement work on the ^rescott National Forest will be increased by to cover the cost of the following work: Tonto SDrings Ranger Station, house in accordance with Standard " lan No. 7, Barn in accordance with Standard plan No. 19, Well, 30 ft. deep, The total amount of your letter of authorization for permanent improvement work for the fiscal year is now Very sincerely yours, Criief dUs6 Plate Tonto Ranger Station HABS No.

AZ-207 Page - 12 Pronoott, Arizona, January W., lOOV, Improvement, Preeoott. Ranker Station Darn. The District Fcrostor, Forert Service, Albuquerque, Kow Mexico. Dear Sir; 1 respectfully eubnit the followinc report upon the Tonto Hanger station Barn, which project is closed: Allotment. Oct. S. L.A. Expenditure. Oortf. 72 Uaulin;;. nuterial * 10e Limber, etc* 'lOO .67 * 91 Labor * 93 Labor 42 Balance Transferred to Tonto Ranger Station Well i>2*,50 Very respectfully, C/iar/es //. Hinderer. Foroct Supervisor. Plate 2 Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page- 13 FRONT EL !" V* ) ^,M 9^ FART REAR ELEVATION U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE FOREST 5ERV1CE STANDARD BUILDINGS RANGERS CABIN FOUR ROOMS FRAME PLAN N2 7 OLL> ROOM *' DININC^NU LIV1NC HOOM ^ BED ROOM *" I"- 4' MKTCMCi; rillOIIINl.

-- '- ^ tHju;~r."W- DOTT 0 LIHC IHOJCATI3 HOO' j ALLj WINDOWS 12 LTS , 10" 12' fc- ,S-;o- :1 / - - iz - 11 c I LOOK PI AN J A. r oi rrt Plate 3 Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 10 Page No. 14 Bill of material accompanying; Plan No. 7 4-room frame house, 12' x No. Diuitrinioiifl. Ft. II M Use in BlrucLure- Urceaiiig. piece* 32 Pile hulls 1 I" x '.V long Fnundat ion 85 -In . .. Hough. 32 Hindis 2" x 12" x IV 1 (i" x ')" \ Hi' \H Sill . .. AH Bux sill ... Do. 2 2" X S" x I.S' Do. o 2" x N" x 14' do.. .. 224 do.. .. Do. 14 2" x X" x 12' 67 Do. 5 2" x 10' . Do. 4(3 2" x H" x . . 736 Floor joist and extra . 720 Studding .. Do. 108 2" x 4" x 10' _ . Do. 3 2" x4" x .. 28 . ...do 144 Plates Do. 18 2" x 4" x . Do. 4 2" x 4" x . 37 ....do 24 ! do _ Do. 2 2" x 4" x 18' . . Do.

12 2" x 1" x 12' 96 ! Girts and headers 160 Ceiling joist Do. 20 2" x 4" x 12' . 24 2" x 4" x IS'.. 2S8 I Kidlers 2 2" x 4" x 10' . 21 ! Jack rnfters Do. 48 Jack raft ere and extra Do. C 2" x 4" x 12' . Do. 3 2" x 4" x 12' . 24 Pantry rafters 4S Porcli rafters Do. 6 2" x 4" x 12' . Do. 4 2" 12' . . 48 Porch joists and plates 64 do _ Do. 4 2" x (>" xlfi'... Do. 3 4" xO" x UV... 60 Porch sills_ 56 Porch posts Do. 3 4" x 4"x . Do. 4 2" x 12" x . 96 Steps _ 2 1" . 16 do _L 17 Busehoard for porch Do. I 1" Do. 1 1" xS" x 12' . . 8 do 2 1" 10' . 14 do Do. 252 Hoof hoards Do. 36 1" xU" x . Do. 40 i 1" x(i"x 320 Hoof boards and porch... 220 Hoof hoards and extra... Do. 38 1" xO" x Do. 12 72 i Hoof hoards 140 I do Do. 2S 1" i Do. 24 1" 10' j 120 Hoof stilfcners Do. 3 1" x 12" x 16' !

4S Rave hoards 50 ....do Do. 4 1" x 12" x 14' i Do. 1 l"x 12" x 12' I 12 ....do. Do. 2 1" x 12" x 10' ! 20 ....do Do. 9 1" x 6" x lli' I 16 Saddle Do. 4 I" 14' 2S ....do Do. 3 1" 10' 15 ....do Do. 3 1" x 4"x 16 Facia .. Do. 5 1" x 4"x 14' 23 ....do Do. 10 I" x 4"x 10' 33 Facia and verge _ .. Siding Do. B. M. 6" drop siding 100 Corner and cover boards. Finish. 20 l"x G"x 10' 62 Under water table 124 linear feet 1" x 6" Finish. 125 linear feet 1" x S" 84 Water table 42 .v._ilo Do. 125 linear feet 1" x 4" Do. l"x 12" x 12' 60 Shelves star A star shingles B. M. 4" 0. & M. flooring...! S00 Floor. - 4" x 10' flooring ! 170 Porch floor B. M. 4" beaded ceiling : S50 Ceiling B. M. 4" x 10' D. & M. ! Oulside walls ceiling. = B. M. \" x 10' !). & M. ceil- : 350 | Partitions - 150'li. M.

4" head.-d filing 150 Planclior 550 linear feet J round Windows, 12 lights in" x with frames and casings. Oulside (fours, 2' 8" x 0' S", with frames and casings, [aside doors, 2' 6" x 0' 0", wall franit's and casings. Plate 3a Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 n Page- 15 Bill of material accompanying Plan No. 7- Jrroom house, 12' by J$' Continued. i No. Dimensions. Ft. DM. Use in structure. j Dressing. piccca. 700 brick 4 buplmls limo... _ _ 1 cubic yard sand 1\ dozen window bolts 8 pairs 3" butts, with screws Rim locks, complotc Chimney thimbles 28 linear feet galvanized-iron valley. 30 linear feot galvanized-iron window flashing. 60 pounds 20d mills. 15 pounds ]0d nnils 100 pounds Sd nails 100 pounds 6d nails 40 pounds 3d nails If building is double boarded with pqper between, add B.

M. 8" shiplap 3 rolls, or square feot, building paper. 30 pounds 8d nails Plate 3b Tonto Ranger Station HABSNo. AZ-207 Page- 16 FRONT ELEVATION SECTION A-B WINDOWS t ^L&HIS, ffaax t^ra^ -* ~!fi3~ MAY CHUTfS -(- --it' 0* - -a-- g g *- ^ r GROUND PLAN ( I' y *' S' v v c PLAN Of LOFT SCALE. OF FEET U S DE1PT.0F AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE STANDARD BUILDINGS TH REE STALLSTAB1.C Plate 4 PLAN No-19 Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 29 Page No. 17 Bill of material accompanying Plan No. 19 3-stall stable, 18' x 24\ No. Dimensions I't If M m HlniOtun:. 1 Dn-fuii pirreii K 4" X IS" X 12' . 192 Sills Hough 1 2" X 4" x 12' , 32 do . . l)o 19 2" x 0" X IS' 312 First-floor joist Do 19 2" x 8" x 18' . . 150 Second-floor joist .. SIS 2" x 10" or uny length S(i-1 Flooring, first floor. Hough.

;n 2" X4" x 14' 317 Studding Do 5 2" x 4" x 14' 47 Extra Do 12 2" 12' . 90 Plates and girts. . ; Do 0 2" x 4"x 18' . 72 . .do... .. 1 Do 4 1" xfi"x 12' _ 24 Wall ribbon . 1 Do 20 2" x 4" x ! 100 Rafters D 10 1" x 6" x 10' . I 50 Collar beams Do 36 1" xfi" x l(i' . 288 lioof boards ... 36 1" x f>" x 12' 210 ...ID Do 5 1" x 0" x 14' . 35 Extra Do > 1" x 12" x 32 Hoof boards Do 2 1" x 12" x .. 2 1 do . .. . Do 4 1" x 0" x 14' . 28 Saddle boards. Do 4 I" x 1" x 14' _ 19 Facia Do 4 1" x 4" x 12' .. 10 Verge hoiinl . .. Do 10 1" x 4" x 14' j 47 Extra ... Do 90 1" x 12" x 14' . : I, Boxing . Do B. M. 1" x 12" x 12' 108 Boxing gables . .. Do ]) 5 4 1" x 12" x 14' 1" x 4" x 12' 70 Hi Extra Outside baseboard 1 1 Do " 2 I" x4" x IS' 12 do I Do 8 I"x6"xl2' 48 Cover hoard under roof Do 8 I"x6"xl4'..

i 50 Corner hoard. - . I Do 90 4" x4" x 420 Battens 1 Do 10 I" 12' 40 Io Do B. M. 4" 1). &, M. flooring... 540 Loft flooring . ! No.:;. star A star shingles B. M. i" 10' 250 1 Saddle room ceiling. 50 linear feet 1 rinmd 3 4" x 4"x 16' 64 Posts for stalls. _ ... . 1 4" 28 Second-floor sill. .. ... Rouo-h. I 4" x6" x 10' 20 ..do Do fi 2" xfi" x 10' 00 Stalls. . . ' 1 2" x 6" x 1 4' . 14 . . .do. . .. . .. Do 2 2" x 4" x 18' . 24 .....hi. . ... ! Do 2 >" x 12" x 18' 72 do . . . .! Do 2 2" x 10" x 00 do Do 21 2" xS" x 10' 280 do i Do 1 2' 6" x (5' 6" door 35' B. M. 1" x 4" D. & M. flooring. 35 Extra. . 2 1" 14'finish 14 Doors.. I I" x6" x 12' finish 6 do. 1 I" x 4" x 14' finish.. . o do. M. Mooring. 30 do.

3 1" x4" x 12' finish 1 1" x 6" x 12' finish 0 4 Windows, S lights 10" x VI"; with frames. 3 Windows, S lights 8" x 8", witli frames. 1 Window, (> lights 10" x with frames. 1 sol roller door hungers 10 feel of track 2 pairs 8" strap hinges 1 pair 3" butt hinges 2 dozen window holts Kini lock, complete. 20 pounds 3d nails 5 pounds 4d nails 15 pounds (id nails . 50 pounds Sd nail.-, 30 pounds lllil nuils :}5 pounds 20d niiih Mer. BmiL inches'- )mile ... % T\ ! I. ( Ill t.4 * . . < * &> * J^/ai?Vi t : : : : / ... . 0a/tf , Platted by Approved..... (Approving otttc*r.) JPorm OUvtwd April, Phtfe 5 Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page-19 0 IMPROVEMENTS Prescott f Ar* 20na. To^to Ranker Station Dwelling Oc+ober 7.

To: Forest Supervisor From; Stewart, Forest Ranger Subject: Rental of Ranger Station Dwelling V Reference is made to your memorandum of September 20. relative to Mr. Luther Brattons' wer*al application to rent the Tonte Ranger Station dwelling. I have since contacted Bratton and discussed this mattrr with him. **e owns some ten or twelve head of cattle, seveial horses, and is on a deal to purchase some more cattle- While he has recent - ly sold his place in that vicinity he does not give posession until next A^ril or May but needs additional pasture for his stock now and a place to take them when he does give posession. It was explained to him that both the dwelling and pasture at the Tonto Administrative site was needed for administrative purposes nd not for rent.

He seemed to be satisfied with this explanation nd I believe will consider the decision fin l. Plate 6 Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page - 20 0 IMPROVEMENTS Preteott, Aritooa Tonto Ranger Station June 17 19SU Mr. M. A. QuiffanberTy U Liu El Paso, Texas Dear Mr. Quisenberryt I have your letter of Juno 6 regarding the possibility of your acquiring the Tonto Hanger Station. While this ranger station is not permanently occupied, It Is used by the district ranger as temporary field headquarters when he is working in this locality* Ihe pasture surrounding thia station is needed and used by the Forest Service for horses that are uaed in official work, Thie site is still needed for administrative purposes and therefore is not arall- able for disposal or* lease* Very truly yours, V. K.

BETOHUKJE Forest Supervisor WKBeveridgetK*: Plate 7 jfifi .#. fit- Tonto Ranger Station S1 y. n '. '.' W* i' ' " < *:":l>.'J;t--i: /" A--:."^ : ^ te*^vm*&. ,\N & ?>. i*"4 : ; # N Vf **' ' ", v i # & w \"' A c' >. #? 7!. - * V :* ' -' v; * - f i"" V" \ > . > ; ?*4 \f :^^ ~n3-'.-A7"? aiiMii EUY. ..A^':\ TQJITQ tfAtfCf/1 STAJ/QM ^ *-' - Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 Page - 22 WINt?MlU- Sketch Site Plan of Existing Conditions NORTH Scale Plate 9 Tonto Ranger Station HABS No. AZ-207 9 Page - 23 / Skull Valley, Arizona, 0 May 26, Improvement - P^eaoott Tonto Ranger Station Tarn (Maintenance) Llemo. For Supervisor: Revering to Supervisor's memorandum o IJay PP. Rods and turnbuoklos to prevent further spreading of the Tonto barn have already been furnished.

It is expected that sufficient lumber will be left over after the tank'tower is constructed here to make pressure eciualizera at the ends of the rods. The rods will be placed soon after the completion of the tower. Forest Ranker. Plate 10