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It's a double-edged sword. When I was a boy the Cabin Creek Battlesite was a few miles from my home in Northeastern Oklahoma. The SCV and the federal government had erected a few marble columns on part of the site in the 1930's. To get there, you had to know where it was - down gravel roads and across a farmer's field, who was gracious enough to leave the gate open. When I was in high school, we would gather there deep in the woods with bonfires and kegs.
I was very surprised to met a re-enactor at an event here at Fort Concho this year who told me the site had been developed by the state - visitor's center, parking lots, and what he termed the best re-enacting site he'd ever been to. I couldn't imagine it.
While I am glad that this Battlesite has garnered attention, and I'm sure the tiny towns in the area are glad for the traffic, there is still a little part of me that thinks of Big Cabin as my own secret.
Preservation in the East seems to be a race against development. Out here, it seems to be a race against discovery. One example near where I am now is Dove Creek - still empty desert on the edge of the Staked Plains. To get there, you have to know where it is ...
JDC Duncan