Jackson is a ghost town in the western desert of Box Elder County, Utah, United States.[1] It lay on the western end of the Lucin Cutoff, just west of the Great Salt Lake. Jackson was never much more than a railroad siding, named by the railroad for a prospector who operated a mine in the area.[2] On February 19, 1904, during a collision between two Southern Pacific trains, a carload of dynamite exploded, wrecking everything within an 0.5 miles (0.80 km) radius, including the majority of lives within the town of 45.[3] The effects are credited to concussion, although officials at the time were surprised by the disaster's magnitude.[4]
Jackson, Utah | |
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Coordinates: 41°19′00″N 113°38′34″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Box Elder |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1437987[1] |
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County seat: Brigham City | ||
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