La Plata, UT

    • Settled: A sheepherder named Johnson discovered a vein of silver there in 1891
    • Origin of Name: “La Plata” is Spanish for silver
    • Known for:  A boom town during its mining days; David O. McKay, who later became President of the Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-day Saints delivered mail from La Plata to Huntington
    • Location: Located near Paradise on the East Fork of the Bear River Mountains
    • No population reported for this Cache Valley ghost town
    • Photo Credit: Some Dreams Die: Utah’s Ghost towns by George A. Thompson page 177

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