Jackson, Utah

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Jackson, Utah is a ghost town in Box Elder County, in the western Utah desert near the Great Salt Lake. It began as a railroad siding on the Lucin Cutoff and was named by the railroad for a local prospector who ran a nearby mine. On February 19, 1904, a collision between two Southern Pacific trains caused a carload of dynamite to explode, destroying most of the town and killing about 45 people. The town never recovered. Jackson sits at roughly 41.3167°N, 113.6428°W.