Ghost Towns and More | Episode 47 | Dividend, Utah
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- If ever there was a story about tenacity, tension, risk, faith, and character, this ghost town is it. Although very little remains of the town, the site and the story that goes with it are the American story, or starting with nothing, risking everything, then winning it big. From tragedy to triumph, this ghost town has a history that should never be forgotten.
(Mary Felt quote, used by permission, quoted in Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, "A History of Utah County (Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society / Utah County Commission, 1999) page 140)
Gr8 story. You have to admire this fine fella and the people that stayed with him.😊
Lovely video. Have been to that area many times, when I lived in Utah.
Thank you for the great episode and stories that go with them. AND thank you for providing the newspaper articles and historical documentation that goes with the stories. Thanks again.
My grandmother, Mary Felt, is quoted. Thank you. I remember the name Raddatz spoken by my father. He was born there in 1922.
That is so cool!!
@@ghosttownsandmore I was bragging about your videos to my sister because of the stagecraft in them. I'm not sure how you do the oil painting looking depictions, but they are outstanding. My matriarchal grandmother (the other one), by the way, was raised in Urikka over the mountain westward. Before seeing that video, I couldn't reason out why she liked living in that beleaguered looking town so much, but that's because I was born so recently (relatively speaking)...the stagecraft in the Eureka video was also well done. Instead of showing us B-Roll nothings in a half-baked TH-cam, you depicted period-looking images that were more than graney old photos in only black and white. You actually interviewed people who had a memory of the place. Note: When I grew up, my patriarchal grandmother was living in the same Dividend house Raddatz built for the family, but it was relocated to Springville. Because of my aunt's disability from age 3, Raddatz added a bathroom with indoor plumbing. My grandmother spoke of him highly.
I really wanna go check this place out now.
Plan on going to Eureka Utah instead. It's right next to this city and actually has buildings standing that you can see vs just foundations of old buildings.
There's also silver City down the road from eureka, which has many foundations and a smelter plant partially standing.
My Dad and I ran the assay office at the Tintic Standard mine in the early 60's, not assaying from the mine, but from prospectors throughout the country. The old service station at the intersection of Hiway 6 and 68 in Elberta was originally built in Dividend and was moved to Elberta when the town died.
I love this channel so much ❤😍 thank you for keeping this important part of history alive!
Always interesting. Thank you.
My dad and I ran the old assay office at the mine in the early 60's. We ran samples from all over the country that people would send us as they were prospecting. Also, the old service station on the corner of the junction of Hiway 6 and 68 in Elberta was originally built in Dividend and moved to Elberta when the town died.
Crazy how little is left and it wasnt that long ago.
What did the mine produce? I must have missed it.
I like the dumb little stories that go along with these ghost towns. I can guarantee you the vast majority of these stories never actually happened and is just made up crap.
Wow....i wonder if future generations will look at your life story as one of those "dumb little stories". 😮
Yeah the earth is flat too and also birds are just government drones. Also the sky is a giant tv screen. Troll.
@@Species5008why for generations to pass. Tell them to us...