This fixer upper on the forest that is little known, remote and hard to access. In the last 10 years it has been partially remodeled. The potential is unlimited, the work required is extensive, but it has good walls, roof and foundation. All the access trails were washed out last year making the trip in an adventure on Motorcycle and ATV, impassable for truck.
The following is part of the history published on the Manti-La Sal history "Sheep, Stations and Shacks":
"One of the earliest La Sal National Forest structures, the North Cottonwood Ranger Station was a two-room sandstone building constructed around 1912. An executive order issued on March 3, 1913, by President William H. Taft withdrew the site for administrative purposes. Historical records indicate that the USFS intended to utilize the site year round, while also developing a nursery. The USFS purportedly expended "considerable money" on a stone house, fencing, dams, ditches, and reseeding. By 1940, however, the station was described as "one of the most dilapidated areas on the forest."
The North Cottonwood Guard Station is my favorite spot to get away in the area.
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