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The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns

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Stephen L. Carr's book is the funabental source for information on Utah's Ghost Towns. Carr has taken a very practical approach, county by county and given background to the town's orrigin, how to visit the town, and what to expect once you arrive. Our family has used it for years as we venture around the state of Utah and attempt to visit Utah's historical past. This book is a must for understanding Ghost Towns in Utah.

Stephen Carr's Utah's Ghost Town book is excellent to help you understand the history of the past ghost towns and to see what you might find at the towns. Reading the background information is full worth the book's value.

The problem we found was that the book was published in 1972. In order to use the book, you need to consult other maps due to new highways and streets and other things changing. Also, many of the ghost towns have denegrated or disappeared within 30 years. It seems that Hollywood liked all the ghost towns available, but after visiting many of the ghost towns, I don't think Hollywood would ever set foot in them again after the great movie sets they can make today.

Book Example: "Grafton is one of the most pictursque ghost towns that Hollywood used for many movies."

What We Found Out: There are only four structures left in Grafton with one locked up on private property. The church has been completely refurbished so it looks brand new and another structure is about to fall down and is off-limits to people.

A great book to get started with. This was my first book and one of the staples of my collection. Great history on the towns and great instructions to get there. If you are serious about ghost town hunting... get this book.

This is a great book for learning about our state's history. It has very good coverage of Utah's ghost towns and it is well written. I found myself spellbound as I read about one town after another. It also preps you for great conversations at social gatherings.

This is a well done book with great info, unfortunately most of it is badly out of date. Many of the towns mentioned no longer have any significant remains, or are no longer accessible do to changes in land ownership.

That being said, it still has some great historical information and can be a good starting point for visiting those sites that still remain. Just be sure to do some research of your own before you invest the time and gas to visit any of the sites in the book.

This book gives a brief history of a lot of different ghost towns and mining/railroad camps in Utah. I have only recently taken an interest in the history of Utah and its ghost towns and this book sparked my imagination and my hunger for more information.