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History of eastern Utah`s forgotten railroad
Located in eastern Utah`s scenic San
Rafael Desert lies many miles of an
unfinished railroad grade. During the year
of 1881 the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad decided to build a route between
price, Utah and green river through the San
Rafael desert starting at dead horse
crossing near Wellington, Utah passing
through Cleveland, Utah, towards buckhorn
reservoir then divided at Hadden Flats.
The southern branch would have headed to
Salina Canyon. The eastern branch which
has been graded into the town of Green
River Utah. But after realizing that an error
in the calculation of the an elevation was
found to be much steeper than originally
thought all efforts to complete the line was
halted after spending a total of $217,470.
Today much of the grade can be explored
much where you will see shelters, culverts,
camp sites and places where they have left
there names. Maps and many books are
available.
