Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed, 614 feet/276° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston

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The government camp for Civilian Conservation Corps workers was established southwest of the Deer Creek Dam site in and was disbanded in with the completion of the dam's construction. The CCC was a federal work program introduced by President F. D. Roosevelt's historic New Deal plan in as a response to massive unemployment spurred by the Great Depression. The CCC workers housed at the Deer Creek camp played a major role in the construction of the Deer Creek Dam and the Provo River Project at large. They provided labor for railroad and highway reconstruction; dismantling of the old railroad grade and structures; clearing of the damsite and other project lands; and manual labor on the construction projects themselves, such as hand excavation and form building at the dam.

The Deer Creek Dam was constructed as the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Provo River Project, the largest water resource development project undertaken in Utah. It was the second largest earth fill dam constructed by Reclamation at the time, and Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed HABS No. UT-137-L (page 2) Reclamation's first project intended to provide domestic water. The Provo River Project followed a precedent of 40 Federal reclamation projects that had been or were nearly completed by Its construction was during a significant period of accelerated American infrastructure development founded on technological investment intended to make the West a sustainable, viable, and profitable landscape.

The CCC workers housed at the Deer Creek camp played a significant role toward these ends. For additional information regarding the construction of the Deer Creek Dam, refer to "Deer Creek Dam," HAER No. UT-93. Project Statement: This HABS project was undertaken by the Utah Department of Transportation in order to document the historic features of the camp prior to the realignment and improvement of U. S. Highway 189 in the area. Preparation for construction of the project's Deer Creek portion has been underway since the and the work is expected to begin in The field work, site plan, historical reports, and photographs were prepared by Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Montrose, Colorado. Jonathon C.

Horn served as the Principal Investigator, and Gianfranco Archimede conducted the fieldwork, historic research, large-format photography, and report preparation.

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Gianfranco Archimede, Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., April Deer Creek Darn, CCC Government Camp, Animal Shed HABS No. UT-137-L (page 3) The animal shed is one of several structures and historic features within the 625-foot-long by 300-foot-wide fenced corral area of the camp, oriented east-west, including the animal shed, a rock alignment, a chicken coop, a pump house, two other animal sheds, a sidewalk remnant, and a stone oven (see HABS Nos. UT-137- F through M). All three animal sheds are near the stone oven. Al though construction dates are unknown, it is likely that none of these remain from the original camp, and it is likely that they were brought in or constructed by later residents.

1 All three are easily distinguished from each other by their condition, possible function, and design. The animal shed is the most intact and lies 75 feet south of the animal shelter ruin (HABS No. UT-137-J). This 10 by 12-foot wood frame structure, oriented north-south, has a gable roof covered in corrugated sheet metal, no fascia, and uncovered eaves. The structure rests on 4 by 6-inch timbers. Siding is unfinished 1 by 4-inch tongue and groove boards in 4-foot lengths, and corrugated sheet metal fills the gable ends. The single entrance is centered on the east gable end. Fixed wood sash window openings are centered on the north and south sides. A fixed wood sash window on the west side is offset slightly to the south. All but the north window are boarded over from the inside.

The structure is floored with 1 by 4-inch tongue and groove and is covered with straw. The structure appears to have seen use as an animal shelter, possibly for a horse. Painted in two lines on the corrugated sheet metal above the entrance are the faintly visible words "LIL___HNER BOATS FOR RENT" (no photograph). This indicates that the building was not part of the original camp, but previously served as a boat rental office at another location. 1 State of Utah Historic Site Form, Utah Office of Preservation, "Deer Creek Reservoir Dam Complex prepared by Michael R. Polk, Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants, p. 2.