Cave Springs Cowboy Camp

Cave Springs Cowboy Camp
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cowboy tools found at the site
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Nearest city	Moab, Utah
Coordinates	38°9′34″N 109°45′12″W
Built	1890
MPS	Canyonlands National Park MRA
NRHP reference No.	88001233
Added to NRHP	October 07, 1988[1]

Cave Springs Cowboy Camp was a line camp operated by the Scorup-Sommerville Cattle Company in what would become Canyonlands National Park, Utah. The site consists of a cave-like shelter under a rock overhang on the side of a small canyon. The canyon was arranged with a fence across the opening that allowed its use as a cattle pen. The site contains a great deal of material that was abandoned as the site became disused. The shelter was used from the late 1890s through the late 1960s when the park was established.[2]

See also

• Lost Canyon Cowboy Camp

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. S. Mehls (April 23, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Cave Springs Cowboy Camp" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)