Blue Creek, Utah

United States Utah  Box Elder  Blue Creek

Quick History
Blue Creek is a railroad camp ghost town, in the Park Valley area of Box Elder County. Although it was named for the beautiful blue water found there everyone called it Deadfall. The town sprung up as they built the railroad and when the rail building moved, the town came down almost as quickly. The only remains are those left in unmarked graves from this lively Union Pacific camp town.

Location
Blue Creek is on the eastern slope of the Promontory Mountains, southeast of Snowville and west of Tremonton.
 * GPS Location: 41°51′44″N 112°27′25″W

Maps

 * 1895 Map of Box Elder County

Time Line

 * 1860 Established
 * 1860's Railroad left, a few farmers remained.
 * 1900 Abandoned

Neighboring Communities
Snowville | Tremonton

Cemeteries
Unmarked graves located at Blue Creek.

Check cemeteries in neighboring communities.
 * Box Elder County Cemeteries
 * Box Elder Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com

Historical Newspapers

 * Box Elder News
 * Corinne Reporter

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, birthdate, 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

 * The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns.
 * Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures
 * ''Connecting the West : historic railroad stops and stage stations of Elko County, Nevada

Websites

 * Blue Creek
 * Blue Creek History
 * Utah Ghost Towns
 * China Emigration and Immigration
 * Central Pacific Transcontinental RR Grade
 * First Transcontinental Railroad