Methodology Articles
Precision Surveying of Historic Trails
Archived: 2006
Scholarly research on historic trails with original journals, original maps, and modern field work (camping out all summer). Work with state, federal, Tribal, and historic preservation agencies. High-accuracy GIS results using ARCVIEW and precision GPS. Natural history documentation: geology, plants, animals. Archival results: publications and documentation in state historical society archives and journals.
Historic Trail Discovery and Research Methodology
Archived: 2014
This brief monograph addresses the methodology Steve Russell has developed for finding historic trails and wagon roads. Trying to describe a process that has been developed using science, inference, and intuition is difficult because it involves so many variables and perturbations. It is similar to a basketball coach writing a monograph on the process of […]