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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXH_historic-lucin_Wendover-UT.html
Mile 680.5 from San Francisco
Historic Lucin was established as a section station on July 6th, 1875. A nearby rail station originally held the name "Lucin," but the name and the services were relocated here to Historic Lucin. It also served …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXG_bovine_Wendover-UT.html
Mile 691.6 from San Francisco
Track-laying crews reached Bovine March 28, 1869 and established a section station. A freight platform was constructed in Bovine in 1885. The site was named after Bovine Mountain located directly north of the sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXF_hensley-salt-lake-cutoff-hampton-ford_Collinston-UT.html
"...we came to Bear River Crossing, ... There has been a ferry established here all summer until the later week, when the waters have become so much fallen that it renders it useless The river is now about 150 ft. wide, an average depth of 2 1/2 f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXE_hamptons-bear-river-crossing_Collinston-UT.html
Ford was used by Indians, Fur Tappers and Mountain Men. About 1853 Ben Hampton and Wm. Godbe operated a ferry for emigrant traffic. The site became a "home station" successively for stages of Oliver & Conniver, Ben Holladay, and Wells-Fargo. About…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZLC_ten-mile_Snowville-UT.html
Mile 746.6 from San Francisco
Ten-Mile was part of the long, circuitous route around the northern edge of the Great Salt Lake. Dry, inhospitable geography and steep railroad grades requiring helper locomotives in several locations led the ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZL6_nella-siding_Snowville-UT.html
Mile 743.6 from San Francisco
Nella was an uninhabited siding built(?) in 1902 to serve local ranchers. The siding was removed in 1906, and relaid in 1916. In 191(?) a train car body and freight platform where present.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZL4_rozel_Corinne-UT.html
Mile 765.0 from San Francisco
This site was christened Victory on April 28, 1869 when Central Pacific Workers rested for lunch after laying six miles of track during the famous laying of ten miles of track in a day. The site was later named R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZL2_centre-siding_Corinne-UT.html
Mile 762.7 from San Francisco
Information about this siding is limited to ambiguous notations amending Central Pacific RR survey plats and profiles.
Onsite investigations have revealed no evidence of occupation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZL1_bidwell-bartleson-trail-monument-point_Snowville-UT.html
"We now skirted the north end of the lake, sometimes traveling in a valley and again along the shore of the lake where the mountains jutted down nearly to its shores." — Nicholas "Cheyenne" Dawson, narrative, August 26, 1841
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZKZ_monument_Snowville-UT.html
Mile 748.6 from San Francisco
Monument was little more than a siding and wye for the railroad, with little evidence remaining today of the railroad era.
Its name came from Monument Point, a prominent landform visible from here. Photos from 1…