Carter Road (Utah)
Appearance
Carter Road | |
Location | Ashley National Forest, Uintah and Daggett counties, Utah |
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Coordinates | 40°43′11″N 109°43′10″W / 40.71972°N 109.71944°W |
Area | 72 acres (29 ha) |
Built | 1881 |
Built by | U.S. Army |
NRHP reference No. | 00000354[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 21, 2001 |
The Carter Road, also known as the Carter Trail or the Carter Military Road, in Utah and Wyoming, was built in 1881 by the U.S. Army. A portion of the trail in Ashley National Forest, running through Uintah County and Daggett County, Utah, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
The listing included three contributing sites and a contributing structure on 72 acres (29 ha).[1]
- Other names: Carter Trail; 42UN823 and 42DA208
- Historic function: Transportation; Defense; Domestic
- Historic subfunction: Road-related; Military Facility; Camp
- Criteria: event, information potential[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Byron Loosle; Leon Chamberlain; USHPO staff (August 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Carter Road / Carter Trail / Carter Military Road". National Park Service. Retrieved May 4, 2019. With accompanying 13 photos from 1997