Eagle City, Utah

Eagle City, Utah
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 38°04′12″N 110°44′48″W / 38.07000°N 110.74667°W / 38.07000; -110.74667Coordinates: 38°04′12″N 110°44′48″W / 38.07000°N 110.74667°W / 38.07000; -110.74667
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Garfield
Founded	1890
Abandoned	1970s
Elevation [1]	7,789 ft (2,374 m)
GNIS feature ID	1435476[1]

Eagle City is a ghost town located in Garfield County, Utah, United States. Nestled in Bromide Basin, high in the remote Henry Mountains of southern Utah, it was a gold mining camp. Eagle City was settled circa 1890, but was almost abandoned by the start of World War I. A single resident remained until the 1970s.

History[]

In 1889 a pair of prospectors discovered gold deposits in the Bromide Basin area, setting off a small gold rush. Owners of the Bromide and Oro mines built mills on Crescent Creek, where a small town grew up. Eagle City soon had a store, hotel, doctor's office, and saloon. As many as 100 people lived here at one point. Eagle City had a rough reputation, and members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch were known to visit.

As the mine shafts reached the 300-foot (91 m) depth, the mines began to fill with water. A 3,000-foot (910 m) drain tunnel was planned, but never completed due to lack of capital. In 1911 the Bromide Mill burned down. Soon World War I took most of the remaining young men. Only Frank Lawler stayed behind at Eagle City. He lived there alone for the next 60 years, searching for the legendary .

References[]

• Thompson, George A. (November 1982). Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures. Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-942688-01-5.

External links[]

• Eagle City at GhostTowns.com