Thursday, June 7, 2012

More Utah Ghost Towns


One day we all went on a circle drive north of Bryce Canyon looking for some ghost towns.


The first one we found was Widtsoe, a town that revolved around the sawmills there. This must have been the mansion belonging to the owner - I've never seen such a large house in a ghost town.


It's quite a fixer-upper.


Someone was already living in the back room.


What is this - a baby bunny? It was too big for a mouse.


Our next stop was the gristmill/creamery in Orisis. It was built by a resident of Widtsoe, 13 miles north of town.


Near Circleville is a cabin that was Butch Cassidy's boyhood home.


You can just walk in!


Phil and I left a couple days early so we could stay at Koosharem Reservoir and make a run over to the Richfield Walmart.


It was beautiful but the winds we unbelievable.


But at least that chased the bugs away!

8 comments:

  1. Maybe the winds were what drove the residents of those towns away!

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  2. The winds were terrible. And more moving in this week-end. I love ghost towns. Come up to Montana, we have some neat old ghost towns also.

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  3. Could be! That certainly makes more sense than a bunny.

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  4. Oh, how I love old ghost towns, especially if the ghosts are still present! :-))

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  5. Who but you would know about all these ghost towns? I'm going with a pack rat. We saw one in Show Low. Much cuter than I imagined.

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  6. Now it's easy to understand Butch Cassidy turning to a life of crime.

    Wonderful pictures, another gem of a find.

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  7. Butch Cassidy's house had a trap door for him to escape even back then! Ha! :)

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