Foothill <strong>Resource</strong>s, Ltd. 1.10 TUD Ditch Sustainability <strong>Project</strong> Francis Heritage, LLC <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong> Report
2. RESEARCH METHODS Research methods included visits to local archives, county offices, museums, and the historical society; interviews with knowledgeable local informants and checking the earlier site records at the Central California Information Center (CCIC) of the California <strong>Historic</strong>al <strong>Resource</strong>s Information System (CCIC File #8033/O). DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH Archival and oral-history research for the project overview and specific site history was conducted by Judith Marvin, historian and architectural historian, assisted by Terry Brejla. As part of the research phase of the project, research was conducted at a number of repositories to identify known historic land uses and the locations of research materials pertinent to the project area. Research focused on examining historical maps, written histories, mining publications, federal census records, and the official records of <strong>Tuolumne</strong> County in an attempt to determine ownership and dates of construction for the project area ditches, as well as histories of identified features. These included the published and unpublished documents housed at the Carlo M. De Ferrari Archive, <strong>Tuolumne</strong> County Surveyor’s Office, <strong>Tuolumne</strong> County Recorder’s Office, <strong>Tuolumne</strong> <strong>Utilities</strong> <strong>District</strong>, and the <strong>Tuolumne</strong> County <strong>Historic</strong>al Society and <strong>Tuolumne</strong> County Museum, Sonora; Columbia State <strong>Historic</strong> Park Archives, Columbia; the files of Foothill <strong>Resource</strong>s, Ltd., Murphys and Sonora; the files of Francis Heritage, LLC, Sonora; and the mining publications archived at the Calaveras County <strong>Historic</strong>al Society. Other major sources of information consulted included: 1. Review of listings in the National Register of <strong>Historic</strong> Places and current updates [Archaeological Determinations of Eligibility, California Office of <strong>Historic</strong> Preservation, 8-15-2011; and Directory of Properties in the <strong>Historic</strong> Property Data File (Office of <strong>Historic</strong> Preservation 8-09-2011)]; 2. Miscellaneous local inventories and histories of historic resources (see References Cited and Consulted). In addition, persons with information regarding the history of the ditch systems were contacted (several of them many years previously): Carlo M. De Ferrari, <strong>Tuolumne</strong> County Historian Patricia Rhodes, local historian Tom Scesa, TUD <strong>District</strong> Engineer Greg Day, Ditchtender Ty Day, Ditchtender Russell Burns, Ditchtender Jerry Whitehead, Jr., retired TUD Watermaster Foothill <strong>Resource</strong>s, Ltd. 2.1 TUD Ditch Sustainability <strong>Project</strong> Francis Heritage, LLC <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong> Report
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