Downtown Cisco
Cisco, ghost town, in eastern Utah, below I-70.
Total population of 4 with some chickens, electricity is on, no running water. Mail service is continued for a Zip Code, 84515.
The town started in the 1880s as a saloon and water-refilling station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (now Union Pacific). Work crews and, later, travelers came through for stores, hotels and restaurants.
Attained a maximum population of over 200, until a decline began, firstly after the replacement of steam trains by diesel engines in the 1950s, and then when the town was bypassed by Interstate 70 in the 1970s.
White building on the left is the post office.
Downtown Cisco
Cisco, ghost town, in eastern Utah, below I-70.
Total population of 4 with some chickens, electricity is on, no running water. Mail service is continued for a Zip Code, 84515.
The town started in the 1880s as a saloon and water-refilling station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (now Union Pacific). Work crews and, later, travelers came through for stores, hotels and restaurants.
Attained a maximum population of over 200, until a decline began, firstly after the replacement of steam trains by diesel engines in the 1950s, and then when the town was bypassed by Interstate 70 in the 1970s.
White building on the left is the post office.