Documents Relevant to R.S. 2477 claims
15 claims approved by Salt
Lake County (pdf, 1.2 MB): A
letter submitted on September 11, 2000 by the Salt Lake County
Commission at the recommendation of Neil Stack, Director of the
Engineering Division for Salt Lake County. The letter lists 15 claims
to be forwarded to the State for Quiet Title Action.
Mayor Workman withdraws 8
claims (pdf, 232 kB): A
letter submitted by Mayor Nancy Workman, to the Utah State Attorney
General's Office on December 16, 2003. The letter requests that the 8
additional claims be withdrawn from consideration as candidates for
R.S. 2477 claim status.
The Revised Statute (R.S.) 2477 Rights-of-Way Act (pdf 433 kB): A draft bill proposed by Bruce Babitt, Secretary of the Interior, that would have established a standard by which the validity of R.S. 2477 claims could be determined. The bill, submitted on August 27, 1997 was the collaborative effort of several Interior Agencies and the Departments of Agriculture and Defense.
Forest Service Memo (pdf, 439 kB): A
letter from the Deputy Chief of the National Forest Service sent on
September 25, 1997 to the Regional Foresters and the OGC attorneys.
Map of the Salt Lake County
R.S. 2477 Claims (pdf, 631 kB)
Map of the Alexander Fork Claim (pdf, 1.06 mB)
The Firs,
Inc.: Some Recollections of the
First Seventy Years... (pdf, 10.9 MB): A
collection of stories recounted by the homeowners in Alexander Fork.
Special Use Permit (pdf 533 kB): For the purpose of a road and water system for The Firs residences. Permit was granted by the US Forest Service to The Firs, Inc., on January 18, 1949.
Killyon’s
Subdivision (pdf 94
kB): Plat map showing Block II of the Killyon Subdivision.
This
section of the subdivision extends along the first portion of Burr's
Fork. The subdivision was dedicated on August 30, 1909.
Groves
Subdivision (pdf 421
kB): Plat map showing the Groves Subdivision in Pinecrest.
This
subdivision was dedicated on December 28, 1910.
Aerial
Photo of Burr's Fork (pdf 3.9
MB): Taken by the Department of Agriculture in 1946.
Utah State Road System Log (pdf 258 kB): Road listed as State Route Number 172, December 31, 1951.
Map of the Butterfield
Canyon Claim
Index
of County Roads (pdf 1.5 MB): An index of Salt Lake
County Roads, completed on September 26, 1935. This list was
compiled by the County Recorder and includes Butterfield Canyon,
Highway 124.
Easement
Deed - June 15, 1970 (pdf 689 kB): The Boy
Scouts of
America grant the US Forest Service an easement for the trail across
the New
Hampshire Placer and Florida Placer mining claims in Church Fork.
Easement
Deed - October 28, 1970 (pdf 428 kB): The
Boy Scouts of America grant the US Forest Service an easement for the
Church Fork Campground Water System.
Map of the Emigration
Canyon Claim
Little
Mountain Subdivision No. 1 (pdf 195 kB): Plat
map of
the subdivision located between the Emigration Canyon claim and the
fork in the
road to Burr's Fork and Killyon's Canyon. The subdivision was
dedicated
on May 25, 1910.
Little
Mountain Subdivision No. 2 (pdf 146 kB): Plat
map of
the subdivision just up canyon from Little Mountain Subdivision No.
1.
Subdivision No. 2 was actually dedicated before Little Mountain
Subdivision No.
1, on January 10, 1910.
Special Use
Permit for the construction of a road (pdf 729 kB): A copy of the special use permit granted by
the U.S. Forest Service to the Utah State Road Commission.
The permit allows for the construction of the stretch of the
Emigration Canyon Road that crosses Forest Service land on Little
Mountain. The permit was granted on July
30, 1938.
Aerial Photo (pdf 2.0 MB): Aerial photo of the Emigration Canyon claim
taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1946.
Utah
State Road System Log (pdf 258
kB): Road listed as State Route Number 65, December 31, 1951.
Transfer of
the Right-of-Way for SR 65 to Salt Lake County (pdf 136 kB): A letter from the District Director of the
Utah Department of Transportation to a private homeowner in Emigration
Canyon. The letter sates that
“jurisdiction of the road was transferred to Salt Lake County by State
Road Commission action in December of 1965.”
State of Utah State
Road Commission (pdf 1.1 MB): Plans for the proposed state road 65, which
connected Salt Lake City to Parley’s Canyon, by way of Emigration
Canyon. The plans show the new route for
the road over Little Mountain, as well as the right-of-way for the road.
Map of the Killyon
Canyon Claim
Mountain
Top Park Subdivision (pdf 131 kB): Plat
map of
the Mountain Top Park Subdivision, dedicated on October 9, 1908.
This
subdivision contains approximately 150 plots, none of which are
developed at
this point.
Killyon’s
Canyon aerial photo (pdf 1.9 MB):
Aerial photo of Killyon’s
Canyon, showing the road as it existed prior to the flood of
1983. This
photo was taken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1946.
Forest
Home
Subdivision Plat A (pdf 256 kB): Plat
map of the Forest Home
Subdivision in upper Lambs Canyon. This subdivision was dedicated
on
December 20, 1945.
Lost
Acres
Subdivision (pdf 137 kB): Plat
map of the Lost Acres
Subdivision, located approximately 3 miles from the mouth of Lambs
Canyon. The subdivision was dedicated January 28, 1958.
Letter
- Road is the sole responsibility of the US Forest Service (pdf 139 kB):
Written by District Forest Ranger
Sprague to the Salt Lake County Highway Department on August 9, 1973.
Letter
- the status of road maintenance in Lambs Canyon (pdf 247 kB): A
letter from District Forest Ranger, G.
Lynn Sprague to County Commissioner Pete Kutulas written on July 9,
1974.
Letter
- Beginning discussions of a maintenance agreement (pdf 155 kB):
Addressed to Mel Humphreys from W.
Sterling Evans, Salt Lake County Clerk, August 2, 1974.
Letter
- Mention of application for a Special Use Permit (pdf 57 kB): A
letter to Mr. Balmforth, Salt Lake
County Attorney from G. Lynn Sprague, District Forest Ranger, May 12,
1976.
Letter
- Access provided by road and possible conditions of a maintenance
agreement
(pdf 183
kB): Part of a
discussion between Chandler P. St. John, Forest Supervisor and Senator
Frank E.
Moss, June 30, 1976.
Forest
Development Road Cooperative Agreement (pdf 1.1 MB): Lays
out the general responsibilities of each party in the agreement (the US
Forest
Service and Salt Lake County). The agreement is dated November
24, 1976.
Project
Agreement No. 1 (pdf 214
kB): Agreement for the maintenance of Lambs Canyon Road, by Salt
Lake
County, under the Forest Development Road Cooperative Agreement.
This
agreement was entered into on November 24, 1976.
Map of the Little Mountain
Claim
Little
Mountain aerial photo (pdf 2.0 MB):
Photo taken
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1946. The photo shows
the
general area of the Little Mountain road claim.
Easement
for an oil pipeline on Little Mountain (pdf 1.4 MB): A
special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service granted to Chevron for
the
construction of an oil pipeline on Little Mountain. This easement
was
granted in May, 1948.
Map of the Millcreek
Canyon Claim
Dedication
of Millcreek Canyon Road
(pdf 852 kB): This document, recorded in 1936, shows the
dedication
of Millcreek Canyon Road as it crosses land owned by the Boy Scouts of
America. This dedication gives Salt Lake County the right-of-way
for the
road across this stretch of land.
Public
Road Easement for Millcreek Canyon
(pdf 172 kB): An easement granted to Salt Lake County by the U.S.
Forest
Service on March 25, 1991. This easement gives the County the
right-of-way all portions of the Millcreek Canyon Road that occur on
Forest
Service lands.
Map of the Millcreek Canyon
Claim Extension
Map of the Mill D North Fork
Claim
Special
Use Permit (Road) (pdf 871
kB): A special use permit granted to the Mill D Summer Home
Association
by the U.S. Forest Service on March 16, 1968. This permit was
issued
"for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, and
using" the road in Mill D North Fork.
History
of the Mill D Summer Home Association
(352 kB): This document contains a "Brief History of Mill
"D" North Fork from its inception in 1946 to 1976." This
historical account was compiled by Bill Vigos.
Bits
and
Pieces (pdf 7.07 MB):
"A history of sorts, of some of the ordinary, and not so ordinary,
people,
events and places that make up the story of Porter Fork." An
account
of life in Porter Fork in the early days compiled by Helen and John
Mildon.
Note
regarding the road in Porter Fork
(pdf 68 kB): A note included with information received from a Freedom
of
Information Act request submitted to the US Forest Service.
Author and
date of note are unknown.
Right-of-way
(ROW) reservation (pdf 560 kB): The
BLM reserves the ROW for a
portion of the Rose Canyon Road that crosses private land. The
reservation was made on April 24, 1995.
Land
patent for private land within Rose Canyon (pdf 659
kB): A
land patent granted pursuant to the Camp W.G. Williams Land Exchange
Act.
This patent was granted on June 21, 1995 and includes almost 680 acres
in Rose
Canyon.