How you can help

Specific research assignments

Original files are preferred. Community submissions are stored for review. They are not automatically published. Please keep your originals. Do not trespass, confront anyone, or enter private property to gather material.

Have an old road assessment?

Upload the original bill or statement. Amounts help document what was charged and when.

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Have a deed?

Provide the relevant restriction and road-ownership pages. Keep the original file.

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Have Deed Book 1892, Page 683?

That recorded instrument identifies Split Rock Investments as successor of Vacation Charters. A scan with the legal description visible still helps the public file.

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Have foreclosure or Stabilis / SCH deeds?

Those recorded instruments show what happened to the resort after Kalins. They are a separate chain from the roads.

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Have historical road photos?

Include the approximate date and location.

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Reported a road problem before?

Provide the email, letter, or approximate date.

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Vehicle damaged?

Provide photos, a repair invoice, the location, and the approximate date.

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Have financial information?

Upload budgets, reports, assessment statements, or correspondence.

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Know about prior road work?

Provide contractor information if known, approximate date, road, and type of work.

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Have emergency-access information?

Provide dates, correspondence, or a firsthand account.

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Have historical communications?

Upload original emails or letters where possible.

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Please do not

  • Trespass or enter private property
  • Confront neighbors, workers, or officials to obtain material
  • Gather information in a way that is unsafe
  • Conduct surveillance of individuals
  • Alter original files before sending them

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