Woodside, Utah
| Woodside, Utah | |
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| Ghost town | |
The roadside filling station at Woodside
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| Coordinates: 39°15′56″N 110°20′56″W / 39.26556°N 110.34889°WCoordinates: 39°15′56″N 110°20′56″W / 39.26556°N 110.34889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Emery |
| Established | 1881 |
| Abandoned | c. 1970 |
| Elevation | 4,642 ft (1,415 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1437726 |
Woodside is a ghost town located on the west bank of the shallow Price River in the nearly uninhabited eastern part of Emery County, Utah, United States. Its fenced-in filling station is one of the only signs of human activity along the lonely stretch of U.S. Route 6/191 between Wellington and Green River.
Construction on the site began with a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge and water stop. The area's first resident was a local prospector named Henry H. Hutchinson, who settled here in 1881. Other homesteaders arrived the next year and started digging an irrigation canal. Attracted by relatively abundant water and an extensive growth of cottonwood trees, they founded a settlement known as Lower Crossing. As the town grew, adding a few stores and a blacksmith shop, it was renamed "Woodside" for the cottonwood groves.
One of Woodside's biggest challenges was the Price River itself. Before the construction of Scofield Reservoir the streamflow was highly variable, peaking early and nearly drying up by late summer. The river's large drainage basin also meant that even a distant cloudburst could bring a destructive flash flood. Despite these problems the town continued growing. A hotel and stockyards were built adjacent to the railroad station, and Woodside became a supply point for neighboring ranches. A schoolhouse built in 1892 served as a town gathering place. In 1897, following a train robbery at Castle Gate, Butch Cassidy hid in a network of tunnels under one house outside town.
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