Kirk's Cabin Complex

Kirk's Cabin Complex
Kirk's Cabin Complex is located in Utah
Kirk's Cabin Complex
Kirk's Cabin Complex is located in the United States
Kirk's Cabin Complex
LocationCanyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Nearest cityMoab, Utah
Coordinates37°59′16″N 109°44′27″W / 37.98778°N 109.74083°W / 37.98778; -109.74083
Built1889
ArchitectKirk, Lee
MPSCanyonlands National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.88001252
Added to NRHPOctober 07, 1988[1]

The Kirk's Cabin Complex was built by homesteader Rensselaer Lee Kirk around 1890 in what later became Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Kirk was a small rancher who built a log cabin and two corrals at the location, but was unable to make a living there and abandoned the ranch after a few years. Since that time the location was used by cowboys whose herds were grazing in the area, until the late 1960s when the national park was established.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ S. Mehls (April 28, 1986). "Classified Structure Field Inventory Report: Kirk's Cabin" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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