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Show AFFILIATED UTE CITIZENS OF U"rAH Uintah and Ouray Agency ."'CUI tor .. IIUIS Fort I)ur.......",.. l ltah .1&..... ""C"~OAD. ..aUlDU' .. . . .011 Al~tr. "ICE • .. IIA-" W,,,. tlrrUTlvr .'.lr'T~I)" 'L,u' A, " ,.10""., Dear COIll..'lission'O r Jn~f May 2.• 1960 Mr. Glenn L. &iJTlons. Conunissioner . Bureau of Indian Affairs ~ew Interior Bui1ciing Wasnington .25. D. C. Throu~h Till SCARt' rH • ",.!" r.' t.--. , Area Director P·:.oeni x Ar~ a Oi'fice I Tribal lancJ.s of the UL"tah and Uura,V lnc.ian Reservation consisti.n~ of the .:i~'f.::i~.. Sec. 19 ani t.r:e ;:),..Ji5wi' Sf<c. 20, Tlt-l, RBW, Uinta M~ridian, u tah were W:,thdrawn fo"'!' Forest S'e rvice l)ur-':JOses on Februarl 8. 190P,.. This la.nd i.s now part of tne ' .:it.jck:llore RangE"r Stat i on of the ~i:lt'lh ~: ational }t'orest. The A£n Uatp.d ute' ':i tiz.~ns acqui r!:'d the above land in the division of 8!5Set!: oPtween the ute Indian Tribe and the .\ffiliat f~ Ute Citizens :15 provi ":i "-d in the ;tct of AU7Ust 27, 1954 (6?' St~t .. F·68). It i~ It':t;> l.nt ,~nt. of the act ,,1' August 27. 19.54 te r:i ve clp.ar tt tle to thl? lands 3.c(;U'ir'· ~o oy the AffHi;. t.ed Ute '' ;i tizeros 01' c:.ny members of the Affili;}.t.e d v.te ''':itiz.ens. necau~;e of thfl atore1\entioned ·w ithdra\1al. the Secri:.' tary of the Int~rior is unatJle to meet t,he requirements of the a("t rep';3 -dinrr. clear title •. There has been corr~.!st>ondence between the Bur~au of ' Indian Affairs, the Bureac of" Land ~' :m~ ~~ml'>,nt Cind the Forest Servi~e. of the Department of .\ 'ric ulture. rcgardinr:the. use 01 the Stoc\anore Ranger Stn t ion. CoriE'S of such co.rres:;On<1ence are encl()s~'<i for your infonrtation. The Board of Dire·c tors of the Affiliated Ute Citiz.ens ·o f Utah, in accordance .. i th l.he act of August Z1. ~954 and t.heir Land Disposal Program, a'.'arded to Lawrence I.. H.ke. a member of the Af"filiated Ute L!i tizens, the sale of t.h~ lands in question. Mr. Pike has made fu.l.l deposit of tne ac.c epttKi purchase price. ,1,600.00 ann ·",e have further authorized the Burea.u of Indian A.fi'airs to proceed in reques.ti.ng the SeGretary ot toe Int~~or to issue ~ patent to Lawrence A. Pike. The Forest Servic.e . in ltl's .l etter of M reh 22 to the ~ency. advised that they vere opposed to removing the facilit~es on the Stoc~re .it. to the National Forest lands. because of several re&sona. Th. Wasatch NatiPn&l Forest is lea. than one mile to the north from the present location otthe .r anger statlon and it appear. to us that the ranier station could be mOTed aocord1nlly. Superintendent of Uintah and Ouray 01 [ l l u.arT . . . . ,."'''' .... t W,C· ,..' ... ... • |
