ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
Trump was an agricultural and ranching settlement which prospered during the 1920s and early 1930s.
Trump had a store, and a post office which served neighboring ranches. Trump also hosted rodeo competitions between local ranch hands.
The population of Trump had declined to three people by 1936.
In 1937, a unique
sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
was identified in the vicinity by J. H. Johnson, and was named "Trump conglomerate" after the nearby settlement.