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Show - Recreational Areas Aromas of ofScenic ofScenic ofScenic Scenic UintasImproved Uintas UintasImproved UintasImproved Improved During 1939 By fly flyt tI t A t\ t \ % I L . _ . Taylor SIIpM"vIsor SIIpMvIsor SIIpM"vIsor.hJey Brpervfs Brpervfslshley SuprrvlIshley , " \.hJe-y .hJey .hJe hJe y lshley \ . . - National Forest F.rnot Frnot ForestAs ForestAs . As the iear year } ear 1939 will soondry soon soondr bedr be dr dry " ' sing ing lug to a " clo&e cloe c1oe close . & , It 1t Is interestf lnterestiI Interesting Interestingr lnteresti "K K " r I nd nll nit profitable protitable to review th the + " I ao- ao - aocompllshments a aeomplishments .cowipltshments cowipltshments . & " compllshments eomplishments of the We past year yearsinct yei yeisince y ysince < since sinct ' many of our readers r.aders raders . do 1haw not notha r rhave ha have . the opportunity opportwllty to visit the theforest t tlatest ; forest latest and set see se " for ( or themselves t.hemselves . wlhas what whathas wh whhas mt has "f'en fen 'een een " ' ' en , accomplished ftCNmpJlshed aceonrpilshed In the way wayof w wof flol y of Improvements We are takb takbthis taking takingthis takithis " this means mearu ; of railing cllll1ng calling them to y yattention your yourattention yo yoattention < attention attentionAs As regards rt'gards rtgards ' to the forest-road forest road forestroadsyst forest-ro forest ro forest-rccysttin forest rccysttin - - . + . syst system m many people apparently apparent apparentlyarc apparentare apparenare y arc are not aware ot of what tM the th * system systemjnclllde syate syatelndudev aystIncludes jnclllde lndudev f < One of the most Impox Impoxant impoant lmport- lmport lmportant - _ ant roads on ou . the t.he Ashley Forest Forestthe Forestthe is isthe the Vernal Vernnl Manila highway b1ghway 1section The Thesection Ti Tisection - " section of this road extending fnVernal from fromVernal fro froVernal " Vernal to Lewis Ltwb : Alien Allen creek altl altloriginally a.ltho altho a.lthooriginally . altoriginally originally constructed l'On8trtrot lOn8trtrot ' by funds epioprlated ap al alproprtatel . plOprtated proprtatel ( jointly lay by the state statecounty scat scatcounty stacomity " county bureaus bureaua of public roads roadsand road roadand roaand and Forest Fore'lt Forelt ' Service and some Borne 1terested In Interested U Uterested " terested citizens citizen upon its complLion comple compl compleUon comptlon Uon Lion was wa'f waf ' turn turned over to the tJ.e tJe tfe . , ata atafor sttfor state statelor " lor for maintenance Thia Thb This sectionnot section sectionnot Is Isnot not . therefore t.herefore on the Forest 1"orest 1orest " 8er 8ervice tae taevice 8 8vice < vice system sY'item sYitem ' and ande we \\e e \ are ure not alloed allow alloy allowed alloyad , ed ad to spend spl'nd splnd ' money upon itThe It ItThe The section aecuon of ot road from Lew LewAllen Lewl8 Lewl8Allen Le LeAlien < Alien Allen creek was wu . wnstructed c.unstructed cunstructed iunstructed ex exelusively er erclualvely eclualvely elusively clualvely by the Forest . 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" tills this section aectl.on aectlon . were velimited very veryIlml vex vexltmitrd Ilml ltmitrd d however and construction constructfo constructionrather constructforather conatructirather rather difficult duncult dtfhcult ' The 'the results resultB of 8uch 8uchconditions suc succonditions suconditions conditions , , , therefore was the con- con construction exm exmstruction coBtructlon " - struction of aery a \ lery \ery ery rery low how standerroad standaru stander standarurood standaroad rood road In tact fact It was wu hardly passatto pusable passabi pusableto passabito " to automobiles automobLes , , aa as It Lt ft was construc- construc construe constructed construeted construted " - ted at . a time when wagons wagona wagon were werethe war warthe wethe the principal prtncipal vehicle of transpor- transpor transportattee transportattcn transpofatten transpofattenBy " - tattee tattcn tatteeBy tattcnBy By far the worst 'Worst ' section 8ection of o ( trroad thla thl thlroad ila , road was the "Switch Switch " $ witeh Back Bee- Bee BeetJon see seetion aetlon c " - tJon tion that extended down the south sout soutaide souside t ' " ' &Ide Ide aide & of Sheep Greek oreek Canyon yon Trsection This ThisI Thissection Thl Thlsection I section was extremely steep and andnalTO'Vl an annarrow ainarrow nalTO'Vl nalTOVl narrow ' and very dangerous to "Car Car "Cartravel 'ta ta " 'tatravel ' otravel travel When the Manila Man1la . OCO 000 CCO camp caml camlwas canwas ' was established near Manila Mantia . one on onof orof , of the first fltst projects to receive atentlon at- at atI attent1cJn at attention - I tent1cJn tention was the construction oomtructlon of ofjrwid a I Ipond .road road pond . , expending ex"endlng exendlng exl'endtng exlendtng . ' " ' up Sheep e1heep Ckee1and a-eek a eek Ck-ee1 Ck ee1 aeekand CVeeand - - and Hope creek ereek to ellmln eliminate te the theSwitch ti tiSwitch USwitch aII II Switch Bade Back section 8ectlon ' Thia 'ni15 ni15 This mac macwas road roadwas roawas was eventually eventual1v constructed con.stru.ct.ed construct.ed crosstrttcted . . . ' tomedium to a amedium a amedium medium standard at the expenseof expense expenseof expeiuof of a good many thousand expensej dol1a.rs dol1ars dollars dol1a.rsIt dollarsIt dollarIt . j It Int InteII ) > ' -e-II\ e II le'Is leIs eIIthe iy - , ' \ i the oid old od , road nea new neaSummit . + a aSummit Summtt Summit Springs Ranger statton statlor statlorand staticand I Iand and entirely eliminates eUmlnates the SwitcBack Switch Switci SwitciBack J JBack Back 3fctJonI 3fctJonThe sectionThe section 3fctJon sectionThe ! I The next worst 'section section ' tlon of the theI theroad theroad tnroad I road from trom Lewis Alien Allen Allt > n creek tManila to toI toManUa toManila I ManUa Manila was the part across Cllrt- Cllrt Cart- Cart Cllrter Carter Carter - er creek and up Hansllnger Ho.nslinger Honslinger Hanalinger . can5 can- can canon canyon - - yon } on to the Summit Springs Sprlhgs Sprhsgs station sta- sta station statlon . - , tion Work was commenced on this thistlccUon thissection thisection tlccUon section late In 19S8 1938 19ao and has ha3 conttnued con- con continued continued - tinued throughout the t past > I ! t year yearI yearA yearA yeaiA I A new btld bijldge bridge e has been b'en ben ! ' constructed constructedasters constructeiacnrg I Ia.cTO"S a.cTO"S a.cTOS acTOS asters . " Oarfr C'1Tt C1Tt C ' irt'r irtr . ' r reek t-eek t eek \-eek eleek < ( \ - and a nfYW new newroad nwroad I Iroad road of highway standard Is be- be beIng being beIng - Ing constructed contructed $ from tram Carter Darter creelto creek creekto I Ito to connect with the Hope cre creek creeksection creeleectlon k krectton rectton section previously extended etendt'd etendtd ' ! : ' to the theSwnmlt theSummit thiBununit Swnmlt Summit Springs vicinity This Iperhaps Is Isperhaps Isperhaps perhaps the most difficult dimcult dlmcult road road"COWltrucUon road'construction roa < construction "COWltrucUon COWltrucUon 'construction ' " ' that will wUl be encount encount- encountered encountered . - < ered on the . & Ashley .A&hley .Ahley Ahley forest as 113 the thearea thearea th tharea < area through which It extends Ls Is Lslargely Islargely Ilargely LsI largely solid rock Constructiontherefore CQnstruction Construction CQnstructionlhererore Constructiontherefore I lhererore therefore has been n rather slow and andexpeZLIves amexpensive expeZLIves xpenAlve \ It Is hoped however howeverthat howeverthat howeverthat that thin thu this project will be completedbefore oomplete completed completedbefre oompletebefore < I before befre ( ) the summer season of or 1940 1940Whtn 1940Whtn 1940When Whtn this section Is completed ' Itwill 1will It ItwUl , . wUl will be a high-gear high gear htgh-aear htgh aear - road that may maytruly maytruly maitruly truly be classed as a forest highway h1gh high h1ghW9Y highway highwayWhile W9Y way W9YWhile wayWhile While the section from Lewis Al- Al AlIen Allen Al Alien - ien len creek to Carter creek has no'been nobeen not notbeen ' been en particularity P3rtlcularUy a almcult dlftcult tmcul I . con conetructlon conBtructlon I IstrucUon strucUon etructlon the road as originally originallyco'tructed originallyconstructed orlglnalliconstructed co-'tructed co 'tructed tructed constructed " - ' was narrow and crooked crook crooked crooked ed so that travel upon It was crookj very veryslow veryslow verislow j slow A crew has also been occu occupled occupied occupled pled pied on this th1s section of road thru thruout thruout I Iout out most of the . p poi a.we awe , . oi . , year widen widenI widentag widenIne I tag and straightening &tratghtening tratghtening & tf\e tf e tf1.e tf1e the . \ roafdeliminating roap roapeliminating roapeliminating eliminating some acme of the da.nlf danlf danger dangerous dangeroua . " ' I Iou | ou ous ! curves and clearing up rip dl'ad dlad dead dl'adI dl'adUmber deadtimber deactimber ' I Umber timber and debris along this road roadto roadto roacto | to reduce the fire flre hazard and 1m Ins 1mprove Insprove 1mprove prove the appearance This Thisork worl \\ork ork aork aorkover worlover \ orkover < over the 15 IS or 20 miles mllf " In\oht'd In oht'd ohtd tnsolsed Inoht'dhu tnsolsedhas ln\ol\edhas ln ol edhas \ \ ' hu has also cost cast several thousand dolhare dol dollars dollars dollarsBy lars hare larsBy hareBy By the beginning of next Sf'ason Sfason season Sf'asonhowever seasonhowever ' seasonhowever however It Is felt that the FOn"t FOnt Foret FOn"tService ForetService Pore ' " , iService Service section of this highway a \ wilt 111 III 111be IIIbe , be e In a condition so that tra travel travelupon traveupon 1 1upon upon it 1t it111 will \\111 111 \ " be rapid sate safe ai al ar d ti dpleasant tipleasant < Jpleasant pleasant Iron [ ron Springs Sprlnp Road RoadThe The Iron Springs prlngs road extending extendini extendingfrom extendinifrom extend ' " from the t.he . Vernal Manila MantIa highway highwa highwayby - by way of Iron Springs Brush Brusi Brushreek Brusireek " reek etc to Big Park la is known knows knownas knowsas _ , as a forest development road and andIS anc anca ; is a Included on the fo foreat forest t road sys aye system ayetern s : tern tem This 'Ih1s Ih1s ' road waq w- w wconstn wag - . , consin constn eorxetnflee eorxetnfleeAs , ed .0 0 As . x > a low standard with road funds fund fundsand ' ; and the BuUtonvlLe BulllonvlLe CCO ceo CCC camp cami campjurtng camiluring - luring jurtng the years 1933 and 1934While 1934 While WhUe serving servlng a . very useful pur purp03e purpose pi " " pose p03e this thla road waa W118 was a'so aso ' sub standird star stand standlrd ( lrd ird rd It was W8 narrow and contained contained50me containedsome contain some 50me rather sharp dangerous curYea cur curves ci ves Yea : across aA:1"OSS aA1OSS " the Brush creek sectionWor.sb sectionWorst sectl < > n Worab Wor.sb Worsb Worst . of or all aU . , howevermuch however however- - much of ofthe the area . traversed traveued by this road con cons1J.ted conlisted n sl&led slled s1J.ted s1Jted listed . & of a heavy black clay lIOU soil lIOUwh.ch soilwhich s < > H flitch wh.ch whch which . whenever It became W'eL WeL wet W'eLnade wetrxade ' , nade rxade the road Impassable Durl During Duringthe Duringthe tlie the summer sununer time when shower showers showerssue show showre < > rs : ; 'Lre Lre sue ' < -re re - frequent one could never tra tralei . / + /el el lei el over thu this . > road with the assuronce assur assur.1nce [ , . ince .1nce 1nce once of getting back without dim diffl dimulty difflulty dll ulty It If a ra'n ran ru'n run rain ' storm stonn came up In Inthe inlire the lire meantime meantimeDuring meantimeDuring During the year 1939 appronately approxl approxlnateI ? - nately nateIr nateI r 9 miles of this road extend extendng eKtenng , ng from the Vernal Manila high highwa highway higwa way wa $ ) to the upper uppt'C upptC ' end of Governsent Govern tnent ment sent Park was broiiKht brought up to a amedium medium Aardard tardard stardard $ Wfork Work consistedf conslBted consisted " } ) f ( widenlrg wldenlrg and straightening the theroad theroad le roadhere road \ - where \\-here here such . ueie .elt elt wexe ' necestly necely necesly ! ' ! , and anduo andaso a-so a so uo - - surfacing this road roll.d rolld . on the theb thespots 1 < b apoto Ots spots tliat tha.t that . became Impassable In Inwet inwet wet weather Approximately $5000 5000 $5000was $5 5 > $ 5 000 000was [ > waa was spent In Improving this road roadduring roadduring during tl the year yeiH .339 339 * . : > 339 39 while the tine thebalance tinebalance e balance ef Cof of It should be Improved Improvedu improvedis > (1 1 ( as u is ( funds unds will permitSpirit permit Spirit Lake I ike RoadThere Road There is a - group a-rcup a rcup of small lak lakf lakes lakesrn ' < on rn the north side of the Ulnta Uinta di divide didde vide dde of which Spirit Lake formshe forms formshe he center Messrs Schofleld Schofield and andHardy andHardy Hardy have the constructing of aresort a aresort resort under way at Spirit Lake Lak This area has been rather Inacces InaAces InaccesIble InaAcesIble : -Ible Ible - Ible however ho\\ever ho ever \ because of lack of ofroads o "oads oads "Dads Dads roads " ' " The group of lakea lake-s lake s lakes - Li is L " situated situ , tu tuated ! ated approximately six mll miles souti south southf southr soutif n f r . the t.he Hickerson Hlcket"son Hlcketson " Park road which whichhas whichhas whichas ] has recently been completed completl"d completld " Wor'was Worwas Work Workwas Workwas ' was started on the E.tplrit Etplrit pirlt S . lrtt Lake Lakeroad Lakeroad Lakroad road In 1938 this work was conUnued con continued during 1939 and approJj approci approJjmRtt'h approcimatels approxlmatel\ approxlmatel approxlmatel212 ( mRtt'h mRtth matels ' \ 2 212 I 1 2 miles of the madnom road mad roadompleted .om om nom nompleted . > -ompleted ompleted - .ompleted pleted as asell well \\ell ell \ as QS a bridge aciosSheep an across acrossSheep 06S 06S"Jheep "Jheep Jheep Sheep " cr creek k In Htckerson HlckersoIl Hickerson Park ParkCon.stderable ParkConsiderable ParhConsiderable Con.stderable Constderable Considerable . amount of work was wasdone wasdone wadone done on this road however It 1not 18 is 18not isnot not yet completed It . Is planned plannedtQ plannedto planneito tQ to complete this thls , project p.rojt'Ct p.rojtCt projtCt . ' at the thefirst thefirst thi first opportunity opportlU1lty \ which hlch will then thenmake thenmake thcimake i make accessible a.ocesslble aocesslble . one of the mo\ mo most mottracUve mostttractlve mo-s mo s . - . , t \ tractive ttracUve ttractlve ( groups cf d lakea lakes Il\k Il k \ In theL thiLinta the theL ? L mta rnta moWltalnsIoon mountainslimn mountains moWltalns mountainsMoon Moon \Ioon Ioon limn ' \ Lake La.lu Lalu . Road RoadWith RoadWith With the completion of or the Mod Moon MoonI , I kt reservoir rt"ServcJr rtServcJr " In 1938 Lake Portp Fork ForkI ; I , ruses i ' Ises 'l'S lS ' to b become me one of thi the thet thit , t t pipular ppular p Jpular ) recreational rN'reational rNreational : ' areas ar"a- ar"a ara ar"aIn ( " - In to InII toIi litt II i t iu " \u u "t t at \ stern u > rn part of Ulntah Ba Basin BasinI < ; ln 1 i h s , Ir11 urea rea ( ' was very vt"ry vtry " dime dlmc lit JIt xlt to toe Uf ) t e ' I 1 however he-wever he wever - as no roati rotH\ rotH road rotHhad \ barc hadt hadr had t ' r f b x i ! constructed to tlie till the ' UI aica area f'R fR ' ' - - - - - A WPA project was wa'l wal ' sponsorec sponsorecby spol1borcd spol1borcdby - by the Forest Service to construct constructa . a road from the tht ' Forest boundary |
