Old La Sal Was Once a Thriving Cow Town

Miriam B. Murphy History Blazer, November 1995 Ghost towns, colorful reminders of the old west, are generally relics of the mining industry. Utah, however, has several ghost towns of other origin. This is the story of old La Sal, the ghost site of a once vigorous cow town, now stripped of its houses, stores, barns, corrals—and even its name. According …

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Ghost TownOld La Sal Was Once A Thriving Cow TownSan Juan County

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