Terrace, Utah
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Terrace is a ghost town, located in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The town was established in 1869 as a Central Pacific Railroad "division point" (operations base), on the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Terrace was dependent on the railroad throughout its history.
In 1904 the Southern Pacific Railroad, successor to the Central Pacific, completed the Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake. The new route bypassed Terrace, and the tracks through town became a little-used branchline. The railroad closed its facilities at Terrace, moving the division point to Montello, Nevada. Many of Terrace's houses and buildings were moved to Montello, and some remain there today.
The railroad line through Terrace was finally abandoned in 1942, and no buildings remain in the town today.
[edit] References
- Carr, Stephen L. (1974). The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns. Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Epics, p. 12.
- Hall, Shawn (2002). Connecting The West: Historic Railroad Stops And Stage Stations In Elko County, Nevada. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, pp. 74-76. ISBN 978-0874174991.
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