Central Pacific Railroad division point established in 1869 on the First Transcontinental Railroad grade across the Great Salt Lake Desert in western Box Elder County. It once held a sixteen-stall roundhouse and a large Chinese and Euro-American section-crew community, then faded after the 1904 Lucin Cutoff bypassed the desert grade. Cemetery and grade or turntable traces remain along the BLM Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway.
Field facts
| Region | Box Elder County, UT |
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| Coordinates | 41.5036, -113.5169 |
| ARPA | Artifacts & structures are protected by federal law (ARPA) — take only photos, leave every relic in place. |
| County | Box Elder |
| Founded | 1869 (CPRR division point) |
| Abandoned | 1904 (Lucin Cutoff) |
| Setting | Great Salt Lake Desert / Lake Bonneville terraces |
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