{"nrhp_refnum":"78000290","name":"Barton-Lackey Cabin","other_names":["Barton Cattle Camp","Lackey Cattle Camp"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Mineral King in Kings Canyon National Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mineral King","county":"Tulare County","state":"CA","lat":36.71266113100006,"lon":-118.58408975299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room log cabin at Scaffold Meadow in Roaring River Canyon, within Kings Canyon National Park, Tulare County, California, built about 1910 by H.D. and J.D. Barton as a cattle camp.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance in exploration/settlement and agriculture. The cabin was built by one of the first families to develop a summer grazing range in remote Roaring River Canyon. It is also one of the last surviving remnants of the once important Kings Canyon cattle trade.","narrative":"Set on a forested flat at 7,400 feet in Roaring River Canyon, this one-room log cabin at Scaffold Meadow served as a base for a family cattle operation. Hudson DeCamp Barton and his son James DeCamp Barton brought cattle into the region around 1907, seeking high summer pasture for herds that wintered in the Sierra foothills. They built the cabin about 1910. In the early 1920s a Barton daughter married forest ranger Al Lackey, who later took over the business and grazed the range until the canyon became part of Kings Canyon National Park in 1940. A lifetime permit allowed grazing to continue until about 1960. The cabin has a covered porch, a large fireplace, a shaked roof and logs resting directly on the ground. Surrounding outbuildings and fences are gone, and the cabin is badly decayed. It survives as a rare reminder of the cattle trade, and nearby Barton's Peak carries the family name.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1910","architect_builder":"H.D. and J.D. Barton","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated: wall logs show extensive decay, the structure has settled and the roof has holes. The National Park Service uses it as a storage shed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.923229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000290.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000290/602d2201aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000290/602d2201aa-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barton-Lackey_Cabin.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barton-Lackey_Cabin.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78000293","name":"Shorty Lovelace Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/shorty-lovelace-historic-district-78000293/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862211","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton%E2%80%93Lackey_Cabin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4865578"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tulare-county/barton-lackey-cabin-78000290/"}