Cultural Landscape Inventories

As the U.S. population grows and development intensifies, the identification and evaluation of historic landscapes is increasingly critical to preservation planning. Cultural landscape inventories and evaluations are now frequent components of Section 106 reports and county-wide preservation efforts.

Phil completed an eight-state assessment of sites associated with the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Conducted for the National Park Service, the Trail of Tears survey includes roadbeds, campsites and ferry landings. Likewise, Phil surveyed the historic Natchez Trace, discovering and documenting lost sections of this 200-year-old road system. His work also includes cultural landscape assessments of the Buffalo National River and Ozark National Scenic Riverways. A recent cultural landscape study was for the Route 66 Scenic Byway between Needles and Barstow, California.

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Phil at Roy’s Motel and Café at Amboy, California – a National Register-eligible property in the California Route 66, Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway.
Historic roadbed at the Rock Roe Landing on the White River in Arkansas.
Historic roadbed at the Rock Roe Landing on the White River in Arkansas. Thousands of Creeks and Choctaws walked this roadbed on the Trail of Tears.

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