Kelton - Utah Ghost Town

KELTON

NAME: Kelton
COUNTY: Box Elder
ROADS: 2WD
Grid #: 1
CLIMATE: Hot in summer, very little snow in the winter, usually
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Year round

COMMENTS: sits on the northern end of the Great Salt Lake. Was connecting point to first transcontinental railroad. No residents, except ranch out side of old town site.
REMAINS: No remains except old grave yard. Some headstones are still standing and it is fenced.

Cemetery still remains. The old railraod grade is still in tack and can be driven on. The town was deserted when new railroad was put in across Great Salt Lake. The town served as main connecting point to railroad for those coming from the northwest. The town had a large Chinese population during the construction of the orginal railroad. Many residents lived in tents druing this period. The town boasted 13 saloons and one time. Submitted by: Marlin Struhs	Kelton Courtesy Akio Ohki Cemetery Courtesy Ron Peterson Original central pacific bridge Courtesy Ron Peterson Building Foundations Courtesy Ron Peterson Family Plot Courtesy Ron Peterson

Cemetery still remains. The old railraod grade is still in tack and can be driven on. The town was deserted when new railroad was put in across Great Salt Lake. The town served as main connecting point to railroad for those coming from the northwest. The town had a large Chinese population during the construction of the orginal railroad. Many residents lived in tents druing this period. The town boasted 13 saloons and one time.

Submitted by: Marlin Struhs

Kelton
Courtesy Akio Ohki

Cemetery
Courtesy Ron Peterson

Original central pacific bridge
Courtesy Ron Peterson

Building Foundations
Courtesy Ron Peterson

Family Plot
Courtesy Ron Peterson

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