The Repair of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891

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Title: The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth
Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office,
Washington, 1897, pages 315-348
Author: Cosmos Mindeleff
Release Date: January 10, 2006 [EBook #17488]
Language: English
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THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN, ARIZONA, IN 1891
BY
COSMOS MINDELEFF
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CONTENTS
Introduction 321 Description of the ruins 321 Condition of Casa
Grande in 1891 323 Plans for the repairs 325 Execution of the work
326 Reservation of the land 330 Specimens found in the excavations
330
Exhibits 333 I. Contract for repairing and preserving Casa Grande ruin,
Arizona 333 II. Plans and specifications for the preservation of the
Casa Grande ruin, Arizona, 1891 335 General requirements 335
Clearing out the debris 335 Underpinning walls 336 Filling in openings
336 Bracing 336 Wire fencing 337 Roof 337 III. Plans and sections 337
IV. Oath of disinterestedness 338 V. Bids 338 VI. Indorsements 339
VII. Report of Mr H. C. Rizer 340
Supplement 344 Correspondence and report relating to the condition of
Casa Grande in 1895, with recommendations concerning its further
protection 344 I. Letter of Reverend Isaac T. Whittemore, custodian of
Casa Grande, to the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an

appropriation for further protecting the ruin 344 II. Indorsement of Mr
Whittemore's letter by the Acting Secretary of the Interior 344 III.
Letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to
the Secretary of the Interior suggesting an examination of Casa Grande
with a view of its further protection 344 IV. Letter of the Acting
Secretary of the Interior to the Director of the Bureau of American
Ethnology approving the suggestion that Casa Grande be visited with a
view of determining the desirability of its further protection 347 V.
Letter of the Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Interior regarding the examination of Casa Grande by
Mr W J McGee 347 VI. Report of the Director of the Bureau of
American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Interior on the examination
of the condition of Casa Grande by Mr W J McGee, with a
recommendation concerning its further protection 348
ILLUSTRATIONS
Plate CXII. Map of the Casa Grande group 321 CXIII. Ground plan of
Casa Grande ruin 322 CXIV. General view of Casa Grande 325 CXV.
Interior wall surface 326 CXVI. West front of Casa Grande showing
blocks of masonry 329 CXVII. Plan showing ground-level erosion,
tie-rods, limits of work, and lines of ground sections 330 CXVIII.
East-and-west ground sections 333 CXIX. North-and-south ground
sections 335 CXX. South front of the ruin, showing underpinning and
ends of tie-rods 337 CXXI. View from the southeast before the
completion of the work 339 CXXII. Suggested plan of roof and support
340 CXXIII. Section through _A-B_ of roof plan, showing suggested
roof support 343 CXXIV. Section through _C-D_ of roof plan, showing
suggested roof support 345 CXXV. Map showing location of Casa
Grande reservation 346
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THE REPAIR OF CASA GRANDE RUIN

By Cosmos Mindeleff
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INTRODUCTION
In March, 1889, an appropriation of $2,000 was made by Congress for
the repair of Casa Grande ruin in southern Arizona. This amount was
insufficient for complete restoration, but under the authority of the act
of Congress making the appropriation some work was done. Partly as
an aid to further possible work, and partly that there may be an
available record of what has been done for the benefit of future students
of American archeology, this report is presented.
A full description of Casa Grande has been given by the writer in a
published memoir[1] on