Federal patent easements on La Barge Road and Canyon Street, both near the city of Apache Junction, may be abandoned and extinguished, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors decided recently.
The supervisors voted unanimously Feb. 1 to approve a resolution on the change on La Barge Road, from Reavis Street to Bell Street, which is east of Apache Junction and is being sought by property owners Mark and Connie Brooks.
“This is located east of the Prospector Road alignment in the Mining Camp area,” Celeste Garza, assistant county engineer, said to the supervisors.
“The Brooks family ... would like this abandoned; there is no through street in this location. The property owners to the north and south have access off of La Barge to the north or Reavis (Street) to the south,” she said.
In a separate vote, the supervisors voted unanimously to approve the abandonment and extinguishment of an easement comprising a portion of Canyon Street north of Apache Junction on property owned by William “Fred” Ogram.
“This is located east of Wolverine, north of McKellips,” Garza said. “Canyon Street to the east is already abandoned, so this is a small segment in front of his property that he would like to fence around and prevent people from walking through.”
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on Twitter @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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