Cave Springs Cowboy Camp

Cave Springs Cowboy Camp
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cowboy tools found at the site
Nearest city	Moab, Utah
Coordinates	38°9′34″N 109°45′12″W / 38.15944°N 109.75333°WCoordinates: 38°9′34″N 109°45′12″W / 38.15944°N 109.75333°W
Built	1890
MPS	Canyonlands National Park MRA
NRHP Reference #	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 Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. S. Mehls (April 23, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Cave Springs Cowboy Camp" (pdf). National Park Service.