It is one of Utah’s smallest towns, located in a remote corner of the state, but Dutch John has a big beef that it’s now taken to federal court.
The town of some 150 or so people, mostly fishing guides, federal workers on the nearby Flaming Gorge dam or state biologists, filed suit this week against Daggett County on allegations that county officials have been spending money intended for the benefit of the residents.
Dutch John leaders claim the county has sold off about $4 million in buildings and real estate in the town that was built by the federal government in the 1950s to house construction workers on the nearby Flaming Gorge Dam.