There is a Thompson Springs east of Green River,
might this be the Thompson you're looking for?
On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 12:51:28 -0700 "Shearer-Cooper, Chris"
writes:
> A family member has memories (this would be a while back) of taking
> part in
> a cattle drive where the end of the drive was the train at Thompson
> Junction, Utah. He then wandered a bit north to Black Wells.
>
> I can't find either of these places. Any ideas where they are?
>
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
>
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It appears there is a ghost town by the name of Thompson's Settlement in
Weber County. From my map, I can't tell exactly where it was, but it is
south and east of Ogden -- probably very near South Ogden. There were
trains in that area.
If you don't get a reply from this list, you might want to send a query to
the Weber County list.
Good luck!
Annette Nelson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shearer-Cooper, Chris"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 20
Chris,
As maralta@juno.com mentioned, your Thompson Junction may be (and probably
is) the Thompsons in Grand Co. It was a railroad end-of-the-line-
construction camp, and is still an active Amtrak stop, although the "town" is
nearly dead. It was on the main Denver & Rio Grande rail line, and a small
spur called the Ballard & Thompson Railroad ran to the coal mining camp of
Sego, about 5 miles to the north. This was in the 1910-about 1950 time
frame. So for about 50 years Thompsons was a busy rai
A family member has memories (this would be a while back) of taking part in
a cattle drive where the end of the drive was the train at Thompson
Junction, Utah. He then wandered a bit north to Black Wells.
I can't find either of these places. Any ideas where they are?
Thanks!
Chris