Ruby City is a

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, United States. It was a planned city of 75 families, established seven miles south of

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in 1912.

History

Ruby City was created by land promoters from Utah who had purchased and built 75 homes. In 1915, there was a hotel, two schools, a water canal and a chapel of

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(LDS Church). However, because of water issues and bad soil, the community was abandoned by 1918 and became a

References

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