Cultural Landscape Report: Drakesbad Guest Ranch, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Hoke A, Warner L, Gibler C, Koch K. 2005. Cultural Landscape Report: Drakesbad Guest Ranch, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Pacific West Region
This Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) was undertaken to provide park management with recommendations for treatment of significant cultural landscape resources at Drakesbad Guest Ranch, and to provide a preservation framework for rehabilitation or new developments proposed for the historic district as part of any future planning efforts. The CLR is organized into two parts. Part 1 includes the introduction to the report, site history, existing condition, and analysis and evaluation of contributing landscape resources. Part 2 includes treatment recommendations, bibliography, and appendices. Drakesbad Guest Ranch is located in the southeastern portion of Lassen Volcanic National Park, in California and is one of the oldest developed areas in the park. Initially homesteaded by Edward Drake in the 1880s, the property was open to visitors who were allowed to camp on Drake’s property and use the nearby hot springs. Drake sold the property to Alexander Sifford in 1900, and the Sifford family expanded Drake’s early development into a summer tourist destination with rustic lodging, dining facilities, mineral baths, horseback riding, and hiking trails.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hoke, Amy; Warner, Len; Gibler, Cathy; Koch, Kimball
- Date of Issue
- 2005-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- LAVO , PWR
- Keywords
- Alexander Sifford, bathhouse, Edward Drake, guest cabins, guest ranch, homestead, hot springs, mineral bath, mining, pool, recreation, resort, tourism, Warner Valley