Faraway Ranch special history study - Chiricahua National Monument
Wegman-French L. 2006. Faraway Ranch special history study - Chiricahua National Monument. Intermountain Cultural Resource Management Professional Papers. No. 72. Cultural Resources Division, National Park Service. Santa Fe, New Mexico
The purpose of this study is to provide several aspects of the rich history of Faraway Ranch. Faraway Ranch now plays out its days as a historic site within Chiricahua National Monument, in southeastern Arizona. Even before the National Park Service acquired the property in the late 1970s, the staff recognized the historical importance of the ranch. Since then, the monument’s staff has performed a yeoman’s service studying the ranch, preserving it, and interpreting the people and events associated with the site. The extensive collection of papers and material artifacts have been catalogued, preserved and made accessible to researchers; architectural drawings of the structures have been delineated; and studies have been published on a variety of topics including archeological remains, the army occupation of the property during the Indian wars, the historic landscape, and the appropriate furnishings to interpret the home and ranch. Visitors now tour the home and ranch, learning about the Erickson and Riggs families and their nearly century-long period of working the land. But the quest for information on Faraway Ranch and its residents continues.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wegman-French, Lysa
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cultural Resources Division, National Park Service
- Units
- CHIR , HIST
- Keywords
- American West, Arizona, Army, Bonita Canyon, CCC, Chiricahua, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Faraway Ranch, Forest Service, Great Depression, History, homesteading, Preservation, Ranching, Resource Management, Sweden, Tourism