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St. Thomas Mormon town resurfaced from Lake Mead
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head and wheat cents, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1865-1938 Mormon farming town
Mormon farm town founded in 1865 near the Muddy and Colorado rivers, once county seat of Pah-Ute County and end point of Powell's 1869 expedition, with about 500 people at its peak. The federal government bought it out and Lake Mead covered it, the last resident leaving in 1938; the ruins resurfaced as the lake dropped in the 2000s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
heat, soft lakebed sediment
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