Jackson, Utah | |
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Coordinates: 41°19′00″N 113°38′34″W / 41.31667°N 113.64278°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] |
Jackson is a ghost town in the western desert of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. [1] It lies 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]