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Wahsatch Union Pacific construction camp
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: cartridge cases, saloon items.
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), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1868-1930s railroad camp and sheep shipping point
The Union Pacific's first Utah construction camp, where hundreds dug the Echo tunnel in 1868-1869 amid tent saloons and shootings; it then had a roundhouse and meal station. Evanston drew away the railroad work in the 1870s, a sheep ranching revival followed, and the town was abandoned in the 1930s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active railroad, interstate traffic
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