Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Utah Historical Quarterly

Volume

50

Issue

1

Publisher

Utah State Historical Society

Publication Date

1982

First Page

4

Last Page

21

Abstract

La Plata was a small mining town nested in the south end of Cache County that flourished from 1891 until 1893, During its three-year heyday it caught and held the attention of all northern Utah. Today, the ghost town of La Plata reposes in relative obscurity, remembered by only a few, having little historical significance and even less historical evidence of its brief existence. But from the evidence that does exist, mainly in the form of contemporary newspaper accounts, a reconstruction of the town and the social, political, and economic controversies that surrounded its boom and bust is possible.

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Originally published by the Utah State Historical Society. Publisher's PDF of this issue can be accessed through Utah Government Publications Online. This article appeared in Utah Historical Quarterly.

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