Irontown, Utah p.2

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Title Irontown, Utah p.2
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001436190
Photo Number 15433
Classification 979.2
Creator Cooley, E. L.
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph April 1963
Date 1963-04
Subject Cities and towns; Abandoned mines; Ghost towns; Iron mining; Mining towns
Spatial Coverage Irontown; Iron County; Utah
Description Remnants of Old Irontown, or Iron City, on Pinto Creek, southeast of Cedar City. 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/s6tf07bt
Setname dha_cp
ID 452921
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf07bt
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