Summit County Railroads

(Research by Don Strack, completed on February 19 and 21, 1992 and on March 5, 1992 at Summit County courthouse in Coalville, Utah)

This page was last updated on May 7, 2004.

Summit County Railroad

4 February 1873
Summit County Railroad mortgages itself to Union Trust Company of New York. (Summit County Abstracts, Book A, p.288; Summit County Old Records, Miscellaneous, Book C, p.45-56)

23 July 1880
Margaret V. Lawson sells property in SE-1/4 of Section 32 to Summit County Railroad. (Quit Claim Deeds, Book F, p.325)

11 October 1880
Map filed and approved of route of Summit County Railroad, filed with Land Office, Department of the Interior, under Act of Congress approved on 3 March 1875 "Railroads through Public Lands". (Summit County Quit Claim Record, Book F, p.323)

Utah Eastern Railroad

June 1880
Utah Eastern began buying land.

1 May 1883
Utah Eastern Railroad trust deeds to James E. Dooly, for $230,000.00, the 27 miles that comprises the "Eastern Division" of the Utah Eastern, from the coal mines above Coalville to Park City.

UP Park City Branch

19 April 1928
UPRR sold to United States property under present day Echo Reservoir. (Summit County Quit Claim Deeds, Book F, p.20)

22 May 1931
UPRR sold to United States the actual right of way of the abandoned portion of the Park City Branch that is under water because of the Echo Reservoir. (Summit County Quit Claim Deeds, Book F, p.323)

11 May 1989
UPRR sold the entire Park City Branch to State of Utah, Division of Parks and Recreation. (Summit County Book 527, p.47-56)

Grass Creek Branch

27 April 1875
William W. Cluff sells to Brigham Young the 160 acres in the NW-1/4 of Section 18, T3N, R5E. Purchase price was $3,000.00. (Summit County Old Records, Book E, p.105)

27 October 1876
Brigham Young sells to Union Pacific Railroad the above described property. (Summit County Old Records, Book F, p.138)

28 September 1878
United States patented to William W. Cluff the above described property. (Summit County Miscellaneous Records, Book I, p.432)

21 May 1891
Union Pacific Railroad sells to Union Pacific Coal Company the above described property. (Summit County Miscellaneous Records, Book H, p.528)

1 May 1906
Grass Creek Terminal Railway still existed in 1906. The railroad agreed to make good damages caused to property of Thomas A. Welch, in the amount of $150.00. The construction of the railroad changed the channel of Grass Creek, and flow from the new channel caused some damage by washout. (Summit County Miscellaneous Record, Book M, p.561)

16 June 1922
Heber J. Grant, as Trustee in Trust for LDS Church, sells by quit claim deed to Zion Securities, in the amount of $1.00, the coal lands in Grass Creek canyon, described as follows: S-1/2 Section 18; N-1/2 of NE-1/4 Section 19; SW-1/4 of NE-1/4, NE-1/4 of NW-1/4 Section 24; W-1/2 Section 26; S-1/2 of SW-1/4 Section 8; including Grass Creek Terminal Railway, which begins at center of east line of Section 8, T3N, R6E. (Summit County Quit Claim Deeds, Book E, p.266)

22 August 1923
Zion Securities warranty deeds to Union Pacific Railroad the right of way and track of the Grass Creek Branch, plus 8.78 acres in SW-1/4 Section 18 and NW-1/4, Section 19, including coal tipple. Purchase price was $10.00. Heber J. Grant is president of Zion Securities. (Summit County Warranty Deeds, Book N, p.81)

28 August 1933
Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints quit claim deeded to Zion Securities the property in Sections 18, 19, 24, 26, 8. (Summit County Quit Claim Deeds, Book F, p.383)

Other research

Information from "Index to Town Lots":

Utah Eastern Railroad, January 18, 1881 (See Book 1, p.207-208)
Echo & Park City Railway to Robert Steele, December 23, 1893 (See Book 1, p.94)
Utah Eastern Railroad, May 14, 1883 (See Book 1, p.98, 111, 114, 207)
Mary Spriggs to W. W. Cluff, Agent Utah Eastern Railroad, 18 April 1881 (see Book 1, p.207)

Information from "Index to Lands":

Bear River Valley Mining, Manufacturing and Railroad Company.
Brigham Young to UPRR, 27 February 1877 (See Book 1, p.172)
Robert Chambers to Echo and Park City Railway, 22 May 1882 (See Book 1, p.71
Charles Crismon to Salt Lake and Eastern Railway, 26 February 1989 (See Book 1, p.294)
Echo and Park City Railway to Park City Smelting Company, 27 March 1891 (See Book 1, p.80)
Echo and Park City Railway from Union Pacific Railway, 3 January 1891 (See Book 2, p.277)
Echo and Park City Railway from Sidney Dillon, 28 November 1881 (See Book 1, p.295)
Gorgoza Quarries Company, 10 December 1904
Salt Lake and Eastern Railway to Knickerbocker Trust Company, mortgage, 26 October 1888. (Summit County Abstracts, Book 1, p.294; Summit County Mortgages, Book Q, p.117)
Salt Lake and Eastern Railway, 26 February 1889 (See Book 1, p.294)
Salt Lake and Eastern Railway to Burton S. Kimball, 18 December 1889 (See Book 2, p.5, 19, 22, 23) (VOID)
Salt Lake and Eastern Railway, 8 November 1890 (See Book 1, p.41)
Summit County Railroad, 24 July 1880 (See Book 1, p. 21, 28, 31, 32, 48, 50, 51, 57, 62, 65, 66, 68, 95, 122, 132, 133, 144, 145, 157, 295)
Summit County Railroad, 26 August 1880 (See Book 1, p.3, 4)
Union Lime and Stone Company to Utah Central Railway, 5 May 1902 (See Book 2, p.60-62)
UPRR to Grass Creek Coal Company, 29 January 1904 (See Book 1, p.205, 206)
UPRR to Burton S. Kimball, 8 October 1881 (See Book 1, p.34)
UPRR to Echo and Park City Railway, 3 January 1891 (See Book 2, p.277)
UPRR to Union Pacific Coal Company, 7 September 1891 (See Book 1, p.72-74)
UPRR to Union Pacific Coal Company, 27 November 1891 (See Book 2, p.166-168, 181-185, 205)
UPRR to Burton S. Kimball, Contract, 25 June 1900 (See Book 2, p.23)
UPRR System from Summit County, 17 July 1894 (See Book 3, p.3, 7, 19)
Utah Central Railroad, 19 April 1900 (See Warranty Deed Book 2, p.5, 6, 10, 11; Quit Claim Deed Book, p.18, 19, 64, 90, 91)
Utah Central Railway, 17 October 1890 (See Book 2, p.20, 192, 193, 197, 200, 206, 277, 286)
Utah Central Railway to Central Trust Company, 15 June 1891 (See Book 2, p.286)
Utah Eastern Railway, 21 January 1881 (See Book 1, p.56, 68, 100, 101, 145, 156, 157, 290, 291, 297; Book 2, p.24, 60, 61, 64; Miscellaneous, p.275, 276)
Utah Eastern Railway to John Dooly, trust deed, 30 June 1883 (Summit County Abstracts, Book 1, p.292; Summit County Mortgages, Book 1, p.109)
Utah Eastern Railway to Moses Kirkpatrick, trust deed, 30 June 1883. (Summit County Abstracts, Book 1, p.297; Summit County Mortgages, Book 1, p.119)

Numerous index entries for property sales to Echo & Park City Railway:

24 January 1887 (See Book 1, p.49, 56, 57, 133, 144)
17 December 1881 (See Book 1, p.292)
18 January 1882 (See Book 2, p.2)
22 May 1882 (See Book 1, p.71)
1 May 1884 (See Book 1, p.70)
5 May 1885 (See Book 1, p.74)
19 December 1885 (See Book 1, p.54, 55)
4 February 1890 (See Book 2, p.80)
6 December 1890 (See Book 1, p.186)
26 March 1891 (See Book 2, p.80)
25 July 1891 (See Book 1, p.66)
21 November 1892 (See Book 2, p.80)
25 November 1892 (See Book 1, p.183, 186, 187)
3 July 1893 (See Book 1, p.97)

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