The cultural resource survey of the Klondike Road widening project in Rockdale County, Georgia, was undertaken by Garrow & Associates, Inc., under contract to ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. The Klondike Road widening project, designated STP-9338(S) by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), consists of widening Klondike Road to an urban four lane road with a 6 m raised median from Smyrna Road to Johnson Road for a distance of 1.3 km (Figure 1). The median will likely end at Klondike Court with a transition to a five-lane section at Johnson Road. Garrow & Associates conducted the survey to assist Rockdale County and the GDOT in their compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.
The Area of Potential Effects (APE) for this project has been identified as the area encompassing the project area plus those properties adjacent to or visually connected to the project area. Federal regulations define an APE as "the geographic area or areas within which an undertaking may cause changes in the character or use of historic properties, if any such properties exist" (36 CFR Part 800.2, "Protection of Historic Properties").
The historic resource survey was conducted by the Principal Investigator and the Preservation Planner on November 6, 1996. The archaeological resource survey was conducted on November 14, 1996, by the Archaeologist.
One previously identified historic resource and five previously unidentified historic resources were found to be in the APE for the project. Two of the resources have been recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It appears that one of the eligible resources will be affected by the project.
No archaeological sites were encountered within the project corridor during the archaeological survey. Garrow & Associates recommends no further archaeological work.
The rest of the report is organized as follows. Chapter IT describes the environmental setting of the project area. Chapter ill provides a perspective on the cultural history of the region. Chapter IV discusses the results of the historic resource survey of the project area, and Chapter V presents the results of the archaeological resource survey of the project area. Appendix 1 contains acceptance letters from the federally approved curation facility chosen to retain the archaeological project materials. Appendix 2 contains resumes of key project personnel.
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