I came across this little article on Boston.com about the state of Vermont ordering towns to claim their historic road right-of-ways, or lose public access to them.
Looks like the state of Vermont has a problem on its hands. Perhaps they should have kept better track of right-of-ways? Now if only Minnesota needed someone to do this for them….

http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2009/03/04/vermonters_search_for_roads_of_yore/