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003 DRAFT 3 the county will include those files to be shared with the HPC at that time and, the proposal to the State Historic Preservation Office to have this district placed on the study list as St. Mary ' s Road/Trading Path Historic Corridor . Henry explained that the study list is the first tier of the process , then if approved, followed by nomination preparation, public hearings and fine tunings of the boundaries . Dr. Linda Stine gave a report of archeological survey progress . It was noted that Tom Magnuson was apparently attempting to connect the different parts of the old Indian Trading Path, in neighboring counties . Dr. Stine displayed old trading path maps from the 1700 ' s and, reported that she had worked with Dan Simpkins of LNC in the 1980s who had attempted to put together where the path went all the way to Petersburg ' s trading area on the James River. The maps of then and now are so different it is impossible to just point out where the path actually went. There are some identifying landmarks such as Mt. Misery, quarry, log cabins , mills , with archeological findings that indicate the location of the old trading path . There was a discussion about a study that produced the Markum Map that is in the Register of Deeds, which concluded from research of the Granville Grants . Some maps showed old road and new road designations , it was noted that the road moved due to the river changing and seasons of wet, frozen temperatures caused the ruts of the road to become impassible . Another effect was many settlers having m,ills on the Eno River causing many paths over the years instead of one pathway. It was noted that aerial and topo maps are used to determine the remnants of the older path . The 1891 Tate map provided information for a couple of archeological sites , one being the Jackson Shop . Allison questioned if Stine thought there is qualifications for a historical site based on the archeological findings . Stine replied that the process is in the first stage of fmding sites and running out of field time already . There was one site before she started . We now have two sawmill sites, two quarry sites, the archeological potential of the Caine- Roberts site ' s buildings and mounds of artifacts and a log cabin site . Photographs were displayed of some of these areas . Connor asked if any artifacts had been collected that could be dated. Stine replied yes, that the procedure is to take pictures at this time . Staff requested guidance on how to proceed with additional work and areas to focus on from Dr. Stine . Allison asked if any prehistoric sites were located. Stine replied that prehistoric sites are noticeably absent even though we know the site was utilized . Tom Hargrove researched the Cates Access on the Eno State Park a few years ago and found that even in exposed areas he could not find a lot prehistoric items that easily, due to erosion . However, he found approximately eighty artifacts of Middle Archaic nature . The Eno River area should be rich with these . Stine requested the Commission ' s desires as to setting boundaries for the archeological research . The HPC concluded that the research should be closely related to Mr. Henry ' s boundaries of the St. Mary' s Road as the Eno River is not threatened because of its attention by conservationists to expand the Eno River State Park. Stine suggested a matrix of all the prehistoric and historic periods and landscape themes as the National Register prefers good coherent themes of a schematic study enhanced with complimentary archeological resources . A theme might be " changing social systems over time and space" i . e . , from small little archaic encampments to Indian camp to settlers homestead/farm to larger plantations to smaller tenant farms . Another theme could be economy subsistence changes from more subsistence farms, to cash . crops including tobacco as the abundance of tobacco barns in the area were noted and that chicken houses and dairy farms also indicate ways of life and on to horse farms of today . Another theme discussed was transportation, which would bring the Eno River into boundary importance . The Commission discussed the due dates for the reports being August 15t' because the State Historic Preservation Office wants the project closed out by September 30t' which is tied to their funding cycle . The reports are submitted to the State first for their approval before the County sees the end result. AGENDA ITEM #60 STATUS REPORTS a. Caine Roberts House Nels Anderson inquired about information for his property being designated as a local landmark designation . Staff indicated he would have a strong case to have the Caine Roberts House placed on the Last Updated 08/09/99