Cultural Landscape Report: Homestead National Monument of America
Land and Community Associates, Contractor and Evans Q. 2000. Cultural Landscape Report: Homestead National Monument of America. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office. Omaha, Nebraska
The Homestead National Monument of America was part of the land claimed by the Kansa, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee and other Native American tribes until 1856 when the area became a focus of Euro-American settlement. Daniel Freeman, acting under the Homestead Act of 1862, established the first Nebraska homestead on January 1, 1863. Freeman’s original homestead, currently included in the HNMA, consists of four plots of land, referred to as the forties. Land and Community Associates (LCA) of Charlottesville, Virginia, commenced work on this Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) in November, 1997. The scope of work called for field investigations to develop an inventory of existing conditions and structures, including identification of potentially historic features and general vegetation types; development of a historical narrative description of the physical evolution of the site in each major period of development, including “Historic Period Plans” for each period; a narrative description of the existing conditions of various landscape features, illustrated by documentary photographs and an existing conditions map; a summary of information about known archeological resources, accompanied by a map; a narrative describing and refining management issues and concerns; an analysis of the integrity and significance of features and the landscape; a proposal of detailed treatment recommendations; and a narrative of general recommendations for phasing and packaging recommended treatments, complete with cost estimates for the implementation of recommendations. The methodology used for this LCR has been based on a multidisciplinary approach that combined documentary, map and other research with field investigations. The LCA team has met with HNMA staff to gain insight regarding the site and to generate specific questions to direct subsequent research and fieldwork. Four narrative chapters have been drafted which address the site history, existing conditions, management issues, and analysis of these issues.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Land and Community Associates, Contractor; Evans, Quinn
- Date of Issue
- 2000-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office
- Units
- HOME , MWR
- Keywords
- barnyard, brick house, cabin, Civilization, corncrib, Creek, cultivation, Daniel Freeman, Farming, granary, Grassland, Kansa, land claims, log cabin, Otoe-Missouria, Palmer-Epard, Pawnee, Pioneers, Prairie, prairie soil, President Lincoln, Ranching, Schoolhouse, Settlement, Well, west, windmill, Woodland
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 501364: Freeman School (501364) , CRIS-CL: 500423: Homestead National Monument of America