Ethnographic Overview & Assessment - Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Bragdon KJ. 2009. Ethnographic Overview & Assessment - Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park. National Park Service
The purpose of the Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park (CEBE) is to identify culturally significant resources in the park and its environs (the study area), describe their importance to park-associated people, and discuss how park-associated peoples have in the past, and presently, perceive the park. To better identify and assess these resources and perceptions, an extensive review of existing documentary sources was undertaken, the intent of which was to place the social ties and land use practices of park neighbors (including former owners of park lands) in historical context. An analysis and summary of the extensive secondary literature concerning the study area was undertaken, as well as significant original research based on a wide variety of primary sources and oral history interviews. Interviews were carried out with representatives of many longstanding farm families in the region, including the Hites, Brumbacks, and Stickleys. Another important part of the study is its focus on the practices of the Church of the United Brethren, one of several denominations of the German “dissenting” tradition in the region, with roots extending back to the eighteenth century.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bragdon, Kathleen
- Date of Issue
- 2009
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CEBE