Irontown, Utah p.12

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Title Irontown, Utah p.12
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001436117
Photo Number 15443
Classification 979.2
Creator Cooley, E. L.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph April 1963
Date 1963-04
Subject Cities and towns; Mining towns; Iron mining; Ghost towns; Abandoned buildings; Markers & monuments
Other Subject Spanish Erastra; Spanish Pass
Spatial Coverage Irontown; Iron County; Utah
Description Remains of Irontown, an early mining settlement. Old Irontown was settled in the 1850s for the purpose of mining iron ore, however, the venture quickly proved unsuccessful and Old Irontown became Utah's first ghost town.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2011 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 8 in x 10 in
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6g73qqh
Setname dha_cp
ID 452916
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g73qqh
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