Ten Interesting Utah Ghost Towns
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- EDIT: I am fully aware that I misspoke and gave the year 1945 instead of 1941 when describing the attack on Pearl Harbor. I apologize for this error. Please don't focus on this one mistake and instead enjoy the video.
Utah has a diverse and rich history, most of which has been forgotten by most people. This short documentary lists ten of Utah's ghost towns that have unique and sometimes dark stories to tell.
Credits:
MUSIC
Iosepa: Squeek Steele "La Paloma"
Midlake: Squeek Steele "Wabash Cannonball"
Gorgoza: Michael Lucarelli "Malaguena - classical guitar" • Malagueña - Michael Lu...
Russian Settlement: Barbara Kornas "Russian Folk - Troika (balalaika)" • Russian Folk - Troika ...
Camp Floyd: Squeek Steele "Red Haired Boy"
Ajax: Black Keys Bob Stevenson "Saloon Piano Gem No. 1"
Topaz: Derek Fiechter "Beautiful Japanese Music - Cherry Blossoms" • Beautiful Japanese Mus...
Home of Truth: Max Ablitzer "Dark haunting violin : Ghost Song by Max Ablitzer" • Dark haunting violin :...
Duchesne Strip: Black Keys Bob Stevenson "Saloon Piano Gem No. 4"
Promontory: Squeek Steele "San Antonio Rose"
PHOTOGRAPHS
Utah State Historical Society
Public domain and/or free use
Self
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Vernal Express
San Juan Record
Salt Lake Telegram
VIDEO
Topaz (1945) - Library of Congress (original creator: Dave Tatsuno)
This video is not intended for commercial use; i.e. I do not intend to use it for financial gain. All rights to music, photographs, audio tracks, and video tracks used in this documentary go to the original copyright owners. I claim ownership ONLY to the following assets: All photographs of the town of Home of Truth, the last photograph in the Promontory segment, all narration audio clips, and all title and caption cards.
There is a pavilion and parking lot in Iosepa today. Every summer Hawaiian descendants of the original Iosepa settlers gather for a luau in the most unlikely spot imaginable.
Here I am 4-1/2 years later watching this video, which I have found to be interesting and intriguing.
I don’t know why, but my Grandfather had obsession with ghost towns, Since he was a miner, and tended to know all of right people. I got a crash course in these towns from a long line of interesting characters. Been to all of them and many, many, many, more. Your history is very good, and I did enjoy that.
Thanks for watching and thank you for your kind words!
Great video, and you did your homework. I enjoyed watching it.
+Kyle Williamson Thank you! I will be making more videos like this in the future, so stay tuned!
Good work on the video. It's great
Great stories! I'll have to go back and check some of these areas out soon.
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Thanks for posting! You were articulate and chose an interesting subject in history.
I had wondered about Promontory, and its demise.
You have a new subscriber, too.
This was really good. Thanks!
Well done! Excellent choice in ghost towns.
Enjoyable video. I lived in Utah County for several years, so I have an interest in local history.
What a great watch!
Just a heads up, I did accidentally give the date of the Pearl Harbor attack as 1945 instead of 1941. That was an oversight and I apologize. Everything else was thoroughly researched over the course of several weeks, fact checked using multiple sources, and thoroughly put together in a script. Errors are still possible, however, and I apologize for any others I overlooked.
The only obvious error I noted was your pronunciation of Fort Leavenworth. It isn't pronounced as leave, but as lev. Close, but heh. lol
Another quick note: I mentioned that Fort Duchesne was abandoned. I was referring to the fort itself, not the town as a whole. I appreciate all the feedback; I never expected my video to blow up like this. Thanks for the views and comments!
Thank you for the correction. Yes, the fort is gone, but the town remains. I live in vernal and I drive through or near Fort Duchesne on a daily run to and from Roosevelt.
I live in elberta utah near the mosida ghost town.
Thank you so very much.I live in the east and i've spent lots of time in Utah.OMG I've always got chills when driving past Home of truth,And i've past is many times .The same freaky feeling is around church rock also.Thank you so very much!
I love this video for your historic content, obviously well researched!
Is a town that no longer has buildings/nothing to see if you visit, still considered a ghost town?
Angie Barnard Yes, I would still consider that a ghost town. In that case it is a true ghost, one with no visible remnants known only through historical records. Thank you for your feedback.
Very cool. I love these places.
This was fantastic, keep it up! If you want to explore some of the carbon/emery county ghost towns ever let me know, I'd love to show you some of them!
Frost Campbell Carbon/Emery County have plenty of ghost areas! Up Spring Canyon in Helper, Wilberg Mine, and more! Please explore!!
Hi Frost Campbell - my wife and I will be in Helper for a few days this week. Can you recommend a Carbon County ghost town to explore? Best regards
The story of Topaz is very interesting, go to the museum if you get the chance
Old iron town? Now thats some history.
Thank you so much for sharing your informative video. I wonder who maintains that one cemetery?
The town of Midlake. How interesting.
I am from North Ogden and never knew about Midlake!
thanks
Why have I never seen this I’ve been trying to find cool ghost towns here for forever
Ashley which ones have you explored so far? I’ve been traveling all over the U.S. for two years now. For work though. I’m just getting started with the ghost town side of traveling but I love Goldfield Nevada, although I don’t really consider it a ghost town a lot of people who know about it do. I love the west in general but I want to pick a place away from cities to buy some property. And eventually build a cool place to live or visit. Seems like the only way one can be free in this nation now is to be in those type of areas. Fine by me though because I would want to anyway. I feel at peace in those places.
Let's go
My family's barn is made from one of those topaz barracks
I lived in cedar city ut for 20yrs n only knew about Grafton and the massacre out west. I tried to get more knowledge about all these places, but the Mormon religion in cedar didn't want us knowing about this stuff which is another reason I got away from the religion and now living happily with my wife and kids in a better state with fewer mormons!!, but after watching this I now know more and plan to visit with my wife n kids. thank you for the info and keep up the excellent videos!!
What about Grafton didn't the mormons want you to know? Odd too, that the mormons didn't want you to know about the Mountain Meadows Massacre and at the same time publicly acknowledging the massacre and constructing the monument that exists there today.
Enjoy your hate.
ive seen the monument of topaz becouse i acctually live in delta
i was wondering why there was a hole in that rock
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This was quite interesting, I've been looking into the history of Utah and the cuff and cuff business style it played with the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's rather unique to see a church help fund new towns.
You should do more like these, ghost towns of the US and other countries.
Purple Piano I will. I haven't had a lot of free time lately but hopefully I'll be able to make a new video soon.
The painting you show at 4:12 it's Giuseppe Garibaldi meeting with the King of Italy, what's the connection with a gost town in Utah?
Graziella Granata With that specific painting, there is none. I couldn't find any paintings or pictures of Gorgozada, so I used this one as a stand-in. Sorry for any confusion.
RedRaptor555 ok :) by the way, the video was very interesting
Ft Duchesne is still there and they have pow wows every summer.
RachelTeeKae That's cool
When I mentioned the abandonment of Fort Duchesne, I was talking about the fort itself, not the town as a whole. Far as I know, only a couple buildings remain of the old army fort.
RedRaptor555 I see. You should check out the powwow, it's amazing
Are any of the towns still available to visit today?
There are still a few buildings in Iosepa as well as the town cemetery. Russian Settlement is gone other than a couple graves. Camp Floyd still has a veteran cemetery that's well maintained but none of its buildings are still there. Ajax is just a depression in the ground and a historical marker off the highway. Topaz now has a museum that preserves the history of the internment camp. Home of Truth is still standing; most of the buildings are fenced off but can be seen from the road. And Promontory is now a National Historic Site that has reenactments of the Golden Spike ceremony on May 10 as well as weekends during the summer. Midlake, Gorgoza, and The Strip are all completely gone. Hope this helps.
Thompson springs. Old iron town. Grafton (my favorite) frisco
So.....guess no one is allowed to live off grid out in these ghost towns!!!!
What a splendid Mormon man! Stealing from a fellow man. Sad.
Hey man, such solid videos, would love to chat with you about future videos. Wanted to reach out but TH-cam makes messaging awful. Please hit me up on twitter @ryenschlegel . Would love to collaborate.
B.Y keep the money what a shame
America really did seem like the land of the free a couple hundred years ago.
4:30
Are those Chinese characters on the map? Looks like Chinese or something. :-/
Are there still mostly Hawaiians in Tooele?
A few descendants of Iosepa pioneers hold a gathering in the cemetery every year, but for the most part, they left over a century ago.
@@AverageJoExplorations wow! Thank you.
Sounds like some scandaless and some uprigh business going on with all that.
Interesting material, but slow down. breathe.