Lucin, UT

    • Settled:  The original construction camp was established in 1869, and engineering records indicate that Lucin was the section station, established on July 6, 1875, at milepost 680.5, 680.5 miles from Sacramento
    • Origin of Name: Named after a fossil bivalve mollusk, Lucina subanta, found in the area
    • Original Name: As a booming construction camp, it was known as Pilot’s Peak
      Known for: Over time this construction camp became a Rail Station on the Promontory Line, staffed by employees of the Central Pacific, which became the South Pacific Railroad; but with construction of the Lucin Cutoff in 1904, the junction moved from its location on the old line to the newly constructed line, just a half mile west; its name has achieved permanence chiefly due to its becoming the junction point of the old Promontory line of the Central Pacific and the Lucin Cutoff; the end-of-track camp 1.7 miles west of historic Lucin, became known as Umbria junction; Lucing enjoyed a boom during a spike in mining activity in the 1870s, the center of the newly-formed Lucin Mining District for a few years; in 1879, outlaws robbed a stage from Lucin of a wooden chest, loaded with over $100,000 in gold coins, the outlaws were found and killed, but no trace of the missing gold has ever been found 
    • Location: Located in two different locations; in 1903 the community was shifted to its present location, seven miles from the Nevada border; Lucin vies with Etna for the honor of being the stop located nearest Nevada, one hundred miles northwest of Brigham City on a direct line, and over one hundred twenty miles by road or along the old railroad line; 126 miles (1 hour, 55 minutes) west of Tremonton on I-84 W, then Hwy 30 W
    • A true Northern Utah ghost town, with no known inhabitants

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