Newhouse, Beaver County, Utah Genealogy

Quick History


Newhouse is a mining class 3 ghost town in Beaver County. Although it was established in 1870, the settlement didn’t grow until the Cactus Mine was purchased in 1900 by Samuel Newhouse. This community was called ‘Tent City’ until Samuel Newhouse took over, then the name was changed to Newhouse. Newhouse spent $2 million to build a mine, mill and develop the town with the goal to create a model mining community. This little mining town was complete with a 70 stucco homes, a library, dance hall, restaurant, clubhouse and bar. Newhouse offered a $50 prize to the first parents to have a baby in Newhouse. The inhabitants were busy mining silver until 1910 when the mine ran dry. By 1921 the town was completely deserted. When the town dismantled, many of the structures were moved to Milford.


 * Newhouse - Utah Ghost Towns
 * Newhouse Ghost Town
 * Utah Ghost Towns

Location
The remains of this once busy mining town are located 30 miles west of Milford, in Beaver County on the eastern edge of the Wah Wah Valley in the San Francisco Mining District. Other mines located in the district included the Blackbird, Silver Horn Mine, Carbonate, Comet, Imperial, King David, Rattler, and Yellow Jacket.


 * GPS Location: GPS-N38 28.504 W113 20.435

Maps

 * 1895 Map of Beaver County

Years Populated

 * 1870 Established
 * 1900 Cactus Mining brings in miners and their families.
 * 1910 Mine dries up and is abandoned.
 * 1914 Community is deserted.

Neighboring Communities
Beaver | Milford | Minersville | Greenville | Frisco

Cemeteries
Check cemeteries in neighboring communities.

Beaver County, Utah Cemeteries
 * Newhouse Cemetery
 * Milford Cemetery
 * Minersville Cemetery

Historical Newspapers

 * Southern Utonian and Beaver City Press 1881 – 1928

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.


 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed. A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birth date, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence. For information on death prior to 1904. You can search the Utah State Burial Index.

Suggested Reading

 * A History of Beaver County
 * The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns.
 * Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures

Websites

 * Utah Mining
 * Silver Mining in the Beehive State
 * The Beaver County (Utah) Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s