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Show ' V Relics of Old West Abound in Area of Utali Special to The Tribune the unexpected change of plans of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. On Dec 16, 18T-the first train armed in Evanston Five hundred people were soon on the scene and the building of the town was in full swing when a sudden notice from the railroad company moved the town to Wahsatch. Everyone was informed that it would be the permanent end of the railroad division. Evanston was left a ghost town" except for one of the first settlers. Harvey Booth, and a saloon man by the name of F rank Moore. They kept their faith in the future of Evanston and remained to cater to the section men and other chance travelers w ho came along Crowds Arrive Machine shops of wood were hastily constructed at Wahsatch as well as of cavas and wood Two thousand people flocked to the town. Many of the former residents of Evanston exchanged property there for. homesites in the new town and everyone was fully convinced that Wahsatch would become their permanent home. Soon Wahsatch became one of the wildest camps on the road. Of the 1 graves or the hillside, only one was occupied by a man who died a "natural" death Many of the rough railroad gangs and outlaws who had previously terrorized Bear River City" in Wyoming, quickly moved to Wahsatch to continue their illegal pursuits. Tom Smith, one of the roughest of the lot and also a crack shot, was named marshal. to the new marshal Corruption and were the basis of the town government and. historians tell us, dance halls paid $200 a night for the privilege of opening their doors. Lr Frank H Harrison, who had been practicing medicine in Ev unston, moved to Wahsatch and set up a tent in the dead ot w inter that was boarded up thr or foui feet from the ground Old timers m the area recall him telling them that fuel was a great problem and he paid $30 for a load of wood rll of it it not for WAHSATCH, Rich County Big dreams and crushing disappointments were the norm in the settling of the West during the 1800s Towns would boom o erniglit with the discovery of gold or the coming of the railroad constniction crews, and they could vanish just as quickly because of a quirk of fate or a decision of a powerful company. Utah and Wyoming are dotted with the rums of fast built towns and equally fast disappearing ones. Why one town would achieve permanency while another would become a ghost town in just a short tune gives us some of the most fascinating history of our American West. Wahsatch, Utah, located 10 miles from the Wyoming border west of Evanston, could have become the largest permanent town in this area were s 1 IF YOU LIKED "SHAMPOO" . . . THEN pay-offs- YOU WILL LOVE Ihi Health Planning has approved the expansion ot a nur-m- g ; home here Coding $.CiO 00ft, expansion will include 32 new beds at the Timpanogos Nursing Home, 710 N. 300 East. The current facility has 36 beds. Wyoming Bear Flan nbnn e Meals Served In May of 1869, facilities were constixu led in oi dcr to railway passengers as they waited Wash Bin can i ngton WASHINGTON sene meal ublic hearings for locomotive changes. Ear!y in 1870, the Union Pacific officials changed their muids again regarding the end of the division. Evanston was to be the major point for ail train services and the residents ol Wahsatch were, once again, faced with a sudden move. Most of the temporary buildings wore dismantled Sheep and cattle loading docks were built to facilitate shipping by the local ranchers and Wahsatch was mostly forgotten until 1316. At this time, a new camp for railroad crews was built while a larger Echo Tunnel vv as under consu ucli'm As soon as work on the tunnel was completed, the abandoned Only the townsiie once agam wa imposing Union Pacific Depot remained as a relic of this slicut lived boom town. It was torn down in l'ttifi Today, one railroad employe's house and a few sheds located just north of the Freeway are the only remonant s left ot the fascinating town ot Wahsatch .1 Spec lal to The Tribune The State Office of Comprehensive OREM done it 23. 1976 Approves Expansion Plan Asked on would disappear m one night and the majority of it not up his own chimney !" Work on drilling Echo Tunnel began in lviH. and the population ol the booming town grew As a major division point, servicing of the trains engine changing and the cut ofl of helper engines for turn around back to Ogden wore the major jobs to be to The Salt Lake Tribune, June -P- in Cody cr:l Jackson are sought Teno Koncaho. Hep by Iyo. terior before the In- Departmenta makes any decision on "critical proposed habitat" area in Wyom ing lor grizliv bears Rep Roncaho said the depai tmciit is considering giv nig stu h a special designation to public lands around Yellows- National tone Park r the proposal, all activities auihined. financed oi carried out by federal agencies that would destrov or senmis-ldamage the gnzly be nr would be halted. Unde " minniimn 1X07, mitmi sniumr; Frl. Sot. Nites t i & LUNCH DINNERS J 95 J05 BEACH BOY Buffet Restaurant 870 So. 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