Victor (also known as Desert Lake)
is a
ghost town
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in
Castle Valley in northern
Emery County
Emery County is a county in east-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington.
History Prehistory
Occupation of the San Rafael ...
,
Utah
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, United States.
Description
The town was inhabited from 1910 to 1920.
The community has the name of George W. Victor, a postal worker.
History
Victor was established in 1910, when a burst dam treated the soil near
Desert Lake with alkaline water, preventing
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
. Residents of
Desert Lake, a town located near the lake, had to relocate to a more fertile area in order to continue farming.
They chose a spot east of
Elmo
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. The town was soon named Victor. Homes and a schoolhouse were built in town. Farming was more difficult at Victor, because the area was much drier than Desert Lake.
s located near the town were often blown by wind onto farmland and the surrounding buildings.
In 1920, the continuous lack of rain caused the residents of Victor to leave. The schoolhouse and a couple of foundations remain in the town site.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Utah
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Utah, a state of the United States.
Classification
Barren site
* Sites no longer in existence
* Sites that have been destroyed
* Covered with water
* Reverted to pasture
* May have a few diffi ...
References
External links
Ghost towns in Emery County, Utah
Ghost towns in Utah
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