Garfield, Utah: The Company Town That Was Moved Away One House at a Time
At its peak Garfield was a company town of 3,500 on the Great Salt Lake shore. In 1955 its owners condemned it — and moved all 394 houses to Magna, one at a time.
Ghost towns built on copper — industrial boomtowns that powered America’s electrical revolution.
At its peak Garfield was a company town of 3,500 on the Great Salt Lake shore. In 1955 its owners condemned it — and moved all 394 houses to Magna, one at a time.
Kennecott, Alaska produced over a billion pounds of copper before it shut down in 1938. Today it is one of North America’s best-preserved industrial ghost towns, deep in Wrangell–St. Elias National Park.