Jackson, Utah
Jackson, Utah | |
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  Jackson Location within the state of Utah  Jackson Jackson (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°19′00″N 113°38′34″W / 41.31667°N 113.64278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Box Elder |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1437987[1] |
Jackson is a ghost town in the western desert of Box Elder County, Utah, United States.[1] It lies on the western end of the Lucin Cutoff, just west of the Great Salt Lake. Jackson was never much more than a railroad siding, named by the railroad for a prospector who operated a mine in the area.[2] On February 19, 1904, during a collision between two Southern Pacific trains, a carload of dynamite exploded, wrecking everything within an 0.5 miles (0.80 km) radius, including the majority of lives within the town of 45.[3] The effects are credited to concussion, although officials at the time were surprised by the disaster's magnitude.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Jackson, Utah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Van Cott, John W. (1990). Utah Place Names. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 203. ISBN 0-87480-345-4.
- ^ "Dynamite Wrecks Town" (PDF). The New York Times. February 21, 1904. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
- ^ "Explosion Destroys Town". Fort Wayne News. February 20, 1904. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
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