Highway 89 and Highway 6 Signs on December 13, 1983
US 89 (Utah County)--Photographs
Disasters--Utah-Spanish Fork Canyon
This image documents the Thistle Flood that began in April 1983 with a massive mud slide that created an earthen dam, blocking the flow of the Spanish Fork River. In addition to severing Highway 89 as a transportation route, the dam destroyed the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks, cutting off the railroad link between Salt Lake and Denver. As flood waters rose, the town of Thistle (located on Highway 89) was inundated with the water that would form Thistle Lake. Massive construction efforts were made between 1983 and 1984 to reconstruct rail and road lines, as well as divert and drain water from Thistle Lake into the nearby Spanish Fork River.
Utah Department of Transportation
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 31, Photo 83257-7.
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Power Lines and Flooded Building at Thistle Lake on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 31, Photo 83257-25.
Thistle School Building Ruins on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 32, Photo 83257-51.
Interior of the Thistle School Building Ruins on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 32, Photo 83257-55.
Abandoned Buildings at Thistle on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 33, Photo 83257-66.
Flooded Buildings and Ruined Road Sign at Thistle on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 37, Photo 83257-239.
Highway 89 Through Thistle on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 38, Photo83257-254 .
Highway 89 Road Sign and Flooded Buildings at Thistle on December 13, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 38, Photo 83257-261.
Detonation at the Thistle Road Cut on December 16, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 39, Photo 83263-18.
Thistle Lake Overlook on December 16, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 39, Photo 83263-216.
Flooded Homes at Thistle on December 16, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 40, Photo 83263-6.
Downed Highway 89 Road Sign on December 16, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 42, Photo 83263-127.
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 48, Photo 83267-18.
Homes and Downed Power Line at Thistle on December 31, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 48, Photo 83267-72.
Ice Wall on Highway 89 Near Thistle on December 31, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 49, Photo 83267-323.
Highway 89 Junction Sign Near Thistle on December 31, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 49, Photo 83267-372.
Thistle Lake Drainage Tunnel on December 31, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 52, Photo 83267-278.
Abandoned Railroad Crossing at Thistle on December 31, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 56, Photo 83267-154.
Mileage Marker Sign and Flooded Building at Thistle on December 31, 1983
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 57, Photo 83267-4.
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 60, Photo 84001-149.
Halls Falls and Thistle Mud Slide Area on January 12, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 62, Photo 84001-111.
View of the Rerouted Highway Road Cut on January 12, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 63, Photo 84001-39.
Halls Falls Drainage Area on January 12, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 64, Photo 84001-51.
Thistle Lake Drainage Tunnel on January 12, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 64, Photo 84001-128.
Thistle Mud Slide Area on January 18, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 65, Photo 84004-29.
Highway 89 Restrictions Road Sign Near Thistle on January 18, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 65, Photo 84004-65.
Construction at Thistle Lake on January 18, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 66, Photo 84004-43.
Thistle Building Ruins on January 16, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 67, Photo 84004-127.
Thistle Mud Slide and Thistle Lake on January 16, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 68, Photo 84004-8.
Thistle School Building Ruins on May 26, 1984
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 71, Photo 84073-2.
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 71, Photo 84073-10.
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 71, Photo 84073-15.
Utah State Archives and Records Service, Official Photographs: Thistle Disaster Documentation, Series 25229, Box 3, Folder 71, Photo 84073-18.
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Floyd Iverson, November 14, 1961
Logan Canyon (Utah)
Roadside improvement--Utah--Logan Canyon
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Floyd Iverson, Regional Forester, on November 14, 1961 about Logan Canyon Road and road improvements.
Floyd, J. Whitney
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, 14.7.17 Box 8, College of Natural Resources, Dean's Files
Iverson, Floyd
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Memorandum from Jack H. Berryman, November 7, 1961
Memorandum from Jack H. Berryman to files, November 7, 1961, about the College of Forest Range and Wildlife Management.
Berryman, Jack H.
Memorandum from J. Whitney Floyd to Daryl Chase, October 25, 1961
Traffic engineering
Memorandum from J. Whitney Floyd, Dean, to President Daryl Chase, October 25, 1961
Chase, Daryl
Correspondence from Jack Berryman to Richard Stroud, December 1, 1961
Roads--Design and construction
Correspondence from Jack H. Berryman to Richard H. Stroud, December 1, 1961 concerning Logan Canyon Road and highway planning.
Stroud, Richard H,
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to George Dewey Clyde, November 3, 1961
Clyde, George Dewey
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Floyd Iverson, November 1, 1961
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd , College of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Management, to Floyd Iverson, Regional Forester, on November 1, 1961.
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Daryl Chase, November 3, 1961
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd, College of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Management, to Daryl Chase, Utah State University, on November 3, 1961.
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Frank S. Bunker, March 15, 1962
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd, Dean College of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Management, to Frank S. Bunker, March 15, 1962.
Bunker, Frank S.
Correspondence from M.R. Merrill, November 6, 1961
Correspondence from M.R. Merrill, November 6, 1961to his colleagues.
Merrill, M.R.
Smith, Arthur D.
Neuhold, John M.
Kearns, Frank W.
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Ernest Linford, November 3, 1961
Highway 89
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd, Dean College of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Management, to Ernest Linford, Salt Lake Tribune, on November 3, 1961.
Linford, Ernest
Correspondence from Jack Berryman to Louis Clapper, December 1, 1961
Clapper, Louis S.
Correspondence from Jack Berryman to Mr. Michaelson
Roadside improvement
Correspondence from Jack Berryman to Mr. Michaelson on the material for "The Agent."
Berryman, Jack
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Chairman George Fallon
Roadside improvement--Utah
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to Chairman George Fallon on the house committee of public works and subcommittee of public roads discussing the need for road construction. Copy.
Fallon, George
Correspondence from J. Calvin Giddings to Daryl Chase, December 11, 1961
Utah State University
Roadside Improvement--Utah
Correspondence from J. Calvin Giddings of the Wasatch Mountain Club to Daryl Chase, Utah State University President, and forwarded to Dean Floyd.
Giddings, J. Calvin
Floyd, Dean
Correspondence from Carl Frischknecht to J. Whitney Floyd, September 26, 1961
Correspondence from Carl Frischknecht to J. Whitney Floyd, September 26, 1961. Utah State University.
Frischknecht, Carl
Correspondence from E. M. Lisle to J. Whitney Floyd, April 6, 1962
Correspondence from Assistant Regional Director E. M. Lisle to Dean J. Whitney Floyd on April 6, 1962 about the road construction in Logan Canyon.
Lisle, E. M.
Correspondence from J. Whitney Floyd to A. C. Beck, June 21, 1961
Correspondence from Dean J. Whitney Floyd, College of Forest, Range and Wildlife Management, to Executive Editor A. C. Beck, Salt Lake Tribune, June 21, 1961 about the road improvements in Logan Canyon.
Beck, A. C.