Monte Christo Road Historical News

Ogden Standard 1925-01-11 - Would Make Part of Great Salt Lake Fresh Reservoir
SCENIC HIGHWAY
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden11,104348

Ogden Standard 1926-03-28 - Valley Boosts Sunny Climate
WANT PAVEMENT (stats on how heavily it was being used)
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden11,180987

Ogden Standard 1926-07-19 - Monte Cristo Way Attracts
Weber County May Start Work On Own End This Fall
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden12,31107

Ogden Standard 1926-07-26 - Monte Cristo Road Assured
Sum of $2500 Set Aside By State for Construction
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden12,33007

Ogden Standard 1926-09-03 - First Survey of Route Made
State Commission Will Use Huntsville as Supply Base
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden12,43113

Ogden Standard 1927-04-07 - Monte Cristo Road Delayed For One Year
Weber Lacks Funds, Also Contract With Rich County
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden13,36653

Ogden Standard 1927-08-28 - Weber Canyon Work Is Begun
Activity on Unitah Road Also Expected Monday
"Owing to opposition by M. Marriott, Ogden valley rancher, there has been a temporary delay on Monte Cristo road construction.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden13,112872

Salt Lake Telegram 1929-01-23 - Monte Cristo Road Will be Discussed
Ogden, Jan 23 (ap) - Members of the state highway commission...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/tgm29,36226

Rich County News 1929-08-02 - Local and Personal
What has become of the Monte Cristo road from Rich Count to Ogden.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,11622

Rich Count News 1930-07-25 - Local and Personal
Did you read the protest against the Monte Cristo road...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,15976

Rich Count News 1930-08-08 - Protest Still Unanswered
A Letter from the State Road Commission...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,16191

Rich County News 1930-09-26 - untitled
NOTICE - A meeting is hereby called at the Rich County Court House...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,16691

Rich County News 1931-04-03 - What Happened to the Monte Crosto Road Committe?
At a meeting held last October...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,3672

Rich County News 1931-04-24 - Monte Cristo Road COming to Light Again
The following people went to Ogden Tuesday in interest of the Monte Cristo Road...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,3893

Rich County News 1931-05-01 - Monte Cristo Road
The first question of the delegation...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,4074

Rich County News 1931-05-01 - Monte Cristo Road Backers Meet April 28
Conference Plans to Study Means of Financing Route
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,3969

Rich Count News 1931-05-08 - Monte Cristo Road a Sure Thing
Commissioners L. B. Johnson and M. V. Eastman, County Clerk Lewis Longhurst...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,4186

Rich County News 1931-05-29 - Monte Cristo Road Work to Start
From what we can learn the wor on Monte Cristo road will star Monday...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,4423

Davis County Clipper 1931-06-12 - Utah Weekly Industrial Review
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/davis3,33902

Rich County News 1931-06-19 - Monte Cristo Road Progressing Rapidly
The Monte Cristo road campe have moved to the top...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,4679

Rich County News 1931-06-19 - Prominent Rich County Man Visits County Seat
Aquilla Nebeker of Laketown spent a few days in Randolph this week,...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,4664

Davis County Clipper 1931-07-17
Utah Weekly Industrial Review
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/davis3,34320

Rich County News 1931-08-07 - Woodruff News
Mr. Frank Dean motored to Ogden...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5357

Morgan County 1931-08-13 Intermountain News
Ogden, UT - A Contract ... for the construction during 1932 and 1933 of the count portion of the Huntsville-Monte Cristo road.
http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Morgan/id/19714

Rich County News 1931-08-21 - Local and Perosnal
Roy Telford, is home from Monte Cristo Road Camp, ...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5596

Piute County News 1931-08-28 - Intermountain News
OGDEN, UT, "A contract has been signed by Weber county..."
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/piute1,56964

Rich County News 1931-09-04 - Laketown News
Clayton Robinson, Russel Alley, Tulon Weston went to the Monte Cristo road...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5702

Rich County News 1931-09-04 - Woodruff News
After spending the spring and most of the summer at Ogden working, Boy Cornia returned...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5720

Rich County News 1931-09-11 - Editor of Cokeville Register Taken Over Monte Cristo
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Williams and daughter Lois and son Bud were taken over Monte Cristo Road...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5838

Rich County News 1931-09-11 - Garden City News
DeVerl Whittington is working on the Monte Cristo road...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5841

Rich County News 1931-09-11 - Woodruff 4-H Club Girls Camp Over Night on Monte Cristo
Mrs. A. G. Barton, 4-H Club Leader took the...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,5836

Rich County News 1931-12-11 - Shall Monte Cristo Road Work Continue (by Glen Moss)
A meeting of the Count Commissioners will be held Monday...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,7230

Rich County News 1931-12-18 - A Correction
Blame or credit the editor for the article on Mnete Cristo Road...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,7326

Salt Lake Telegram 1933-07-13 - Snow Finally Melts from Road to Rich
Ogden - The snow has finally melted.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/tgm16,103321

Rich County News 1935-02-22 - Monte Cristo Road to be Completed This Year
While attending the boxing matches held in Ogden...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,21196

Rich County News 1937-06-25 - Local and Personal
State Road Supervisor, Melvin Kennedy reports the Monte Cristo Road now open for traffic.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,33324

Rich County News 1938-06-17 - Monte Cristo Road Now Open to Traffic
Count Road supervisor Melvin Kennedy...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,37555

Rich County News 1940-05-17 - Monte Cristo Road Open
State road supervisor Melvin Kennedy...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,42309

Davis County Clipper 1941-10-03 - Clearfield
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Reynolds went for an outing trip over the Monte Cristo road last Saturday.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/davis6,15177

Rich County News 1944-06-02 - Woodruff News
Mr. Lloyd Dickson of Trenton came for his wife and daughters...
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57639

Mt. McKinnon on The Monte Christo Road

When I was young, my father, Robert Gordon McKinnon, would take the family on summer trips to Randolph, Utah. Usually, we'd travel from Bountiful to Randolph via Evanston and Highway 16 through Woodruff, then on the way home, if time and the weather permitted, we would go back to Woodruff, and turn right onto Highway 39, also known as the "Monte Christo Road". Once into Ogden we'd follow I-15 home. If you've never taken this scenic route, do so, it is very much a "must" for nature-lovers, campers, photographers, and history buffs. We would sometimes stop near Mt. McKinnon, and my dad would remind us that Mt. McKinnon was named after his Uncle.

Until recently, I couldn't remember which Uncle it was named for, but through research on the Utah Digital Newspapers (UDN) website, I've learned not only which Uncle, but the reason why it was named for him.

Mt. McKinnon was named in honor of my Grand-Uncle, Archibald McKinnon, Jr.. He was the roadway's champion from the beginning. He did the initial survey, from where the road leaves Woodruff, all the way to the Rich County line near Monte Cristo Peak, and he supervised the construction of the first 13-miles of this stretch. Others supervised the construction from where he left off until the Rich County portion was completed. This stretch of the Monte Christo Road is about 22-miles in length, and is almost entirely uphill.

This work was truly a monumental effort that employed roughly 300 of Rich County's men. Although I've found no evidence of it, I have no doubt that the women of Rich County, particularly those in Woodruff and Randolph participated in their way, by preparing food and cleaning/repairing the workers clothing.

Without Archibald McKinnon, Jr., and the dedicated men that assisted him, this now famous scenic route may never have been constructed.