Regional Anchor for Shake House
Dec 21, 2013 20:38:01 GMT
Post by abraxas3d on Dec 21, 2013 20:38:01 GMT
The Shake House lacks a connection to San Diego.
While earthquakes happen here, they happen in a lot of other places too. Here is a suggestion from Paul to improve the proposal.
Build the shake house as Nate Harrison's cabin.
As Paul described it, "Nate Harrison lived about halfway up the west side of Palomar mountain. He was either a freed, or escaped, slave - depending on which story you were told. He had a cabin and would either offer, or extort money for, water for the horses people rode up the mountain - also depending on which story you were told. His cabin was tiny, and would be an appropriately sized thing to build an effigy of. Old Topo maps of Palomar show "Nigger Nate's Road". It was eventually renamed to Nate Harrison Grade."
Nate Harrison Grade is a popular dirt road challenge. Here is a (NSFW at the very end) video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B9Ly8BmUds
There's a good amount of archeology that has been done on the site. Here's the project archive:
from www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~histarch/
"Nate Harrison is one of San Diego County’s legendary pioneers. Fables abound regarding this former enslaved African-American from the South who lived high upon the west slope of Palomar Mountain into the early 1900s. There are numerous quaint tales of his frontier life. For example, this rugged yet compassionate mountain man allegedly added lizards to his coffee grinds for extra flavor, made batches of homemade mountain lion jerky, and met every visitor with a warm smile.
Many historical photos add to his legend. Over two dozen stunning turn-of-the-century black-and-white photographs of Harrison exist. He is shown in various poses; sitting at his cabin, engaging with white traveler-tourists, and walking his dogs. Harrison may be the most frequently photographed 19th-century San Diegan. It was as if he was San Diego’s version of the Eiffel Tower; tourists frequently took his picture to prove that they had visited the precipitous mountain and made it to the top.
Historical archaeology has the potential to evaluate, scrutinize, broaden, and deepen insights into Nate Harrison’s life and legend. This report presents findings from the inaugural 2004 San Diego State University field excavation season at the Nate Harrison site. The three-week field school successfully located the remains of Harrison’s cabin and uncovered over 6,100 artifacts that date to Harrison’s late 19th-century and early 20th-century occupation at Palomar Mountain. Although there had been previous pot-hunting on the site, the 2004 excavations marked the first scientific archaeology on the property.
Current land owners Jamey and Hannah Kirby not only allowed excavations on their property, they went out of their way to make the field school a resounding success. They gave the archaeological team unlimited access to their campsite, latrine, generator, and tractor. In addition, their interest in local history and care for the site over the years has been nothing short of inspirational.
The Kirby property is about two-thirds of the way up the west slope of Palomar Mountain. It is off of Nate Harrison Grade, northeast of Pauma Valley. USGS aerial photographs and topographic maps offer an overview of the region. The site location is not specified here for confidentiality and security reasons established by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and maintained by the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC)."
The individual reports from the field work are available for download from www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~histarch/publications.html
While earthquakes happen here, they happen in a lot of other places too. Here is a suggestion from Paul to improve the proposal.
Build the shake house as Nate Harrison's cabin.
As Paul described it, "Nate Harrison lived about halfway up the west side of Palomar mountain. He was either a freed, or escaped, slave - depending on which story you were told. He had a cabin and would either offer, or extort money for, water for the horses people rode up the mountain - also depending on which story you were told. His cabin was tiny, and would be an appropriately sized thing to build an effigy of. Old Topo maps of Palomar show "Nigger Nate's Road". It was eventually renamed to Nate Harrison Grade."
Nate Harrison Grade is a popular dirt road challenge. Here is a (NSFW at the very end) video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B9Ly8BmUds
There's a good amount of archeology that has been done on the site. Here's the project archive:
from www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~histarch/
"Nate Harrison is one of San Diego County’s legendary pioneers. Fables abound regarding this former enslaved African-American from the South who lived high upon the west slope of Palomar Mountain into the early 1900s. There are numerous quaint tales of his frontier life. For example, this rugged yet compassionate mountain man allegedly added lizards to his coffee grinds for extra flavor, made batches of homemade mountain lion jerky, and met every visitor with a warm smile.
Many historical photos add to his legend. Over two dozen stunning turn-of-the-century black-and-white photographs of Harrison exist. He is shown in various poses; sitting at his cabin, engaging with white traveler-tourists, and walking his dogs. Harrison may be the most frequently photographed 19th-century San Diegan. It was as if he was San Diego’s version of the Eiffel Tower; tourists frequently took his picture to prove that they had visited the precipitous mountain and made it to the top.
Historical archaeology has the potential to evaluate, scrutinize, broaden, and deepen insights into Nate Harrison’s life and legend. This report presents findings from the inaugural 2004 San Diego State University field excavation season at the Nate Harrison site. The three-week field school successfully located the remains of Harrison’s cabin and uncovered over 6,100 artifacts that date to Harrison’s late 19th-century and early 20th-century occupation at Palomar Mountain. Although there had been previous pot-hunting on the site, the 2004 excavations marked the first scientific archaeology on the property.
Current land owners Jamey and Hannah Kirby not only allowed excavations on their property, they went out of their way to make the field school a resounding success. They gave the archaeological team unlimited access to their campsite, latrine, generator, and tractor. In addition, their interest in local history and care for the site over the years has been nothing short of inspirational.
The Kirby property is about two-thirds of the way up the west slope of Palomar Mountain. It is off of Nate Harrison Grade, northeast of Pauma Valley. USGS aerial photographs and topographic maps offer an overview of the region. The site location is not specified here for confidentiality and security reasons established by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and maintained by the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC)."
The individual reports from the field work are available for download from www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~histarch/publications.html
