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Newhouse
Ghost Town
Beaver County, Utah
Newhouse is located
a few miles west of Frisco
in the Wah Wah Valley of Beaver County, Utah. Frisco and Newhouse
were communities associated with the mining industry until about 1920.
Each town has since fallen victim to the elements. In Newhouse, on
the western slope of the San Francisco Mountains, there are few remains--none
intact. But a walk through the remains and a little imagination can
bring the town back to life.
The following information was submitted to Ghosttowns.com by Bob Bezzant, an expert on Utah Ghost Towns:
"'In 1900 a man named Samuel Newhouse bought the mine located here and a camp called Tent Town soon was established. In 1904 when the mines were producing ...a hospital, hotel and many other buildings were built and the town was named Newhouse after the man who owned the land. There was also an opera house and dance hall built here. The mine ran out and the town started to die. There was a cafe that stayed open until 1921. Then it burned down.' Submitted by Bob Bezzant"
View southwest
from Newhouse toward the Wah Wah Mountains.
Jim Drysdale
was our guest on a trip through western Beaver County on a late April
snowy-day.
Dave at Newhouse...
the San Francisco Mountains in the background.
An earlier summertime
visit to Newouse on mountain bikes, chased by a violent electrical
storm with pelting rain and hail.
Excerpt
from Some Dreams Die by George A. Thompson, Dream Garden Press,
Salt Lake City, ©1982 and 1999
"Samuel Newhouse established a model city 2 1/2 miles southwest
of his newly acquired mine, building comfortable stucco homes for
his miners, which he rented to them for $10 a month, including all
utilities. ...Newhouse apparently liked the name of his Cactus Mine,
for he also built the Cactus Trading Company, the Cactus Club, the
Cactus Dancehall and a restaurant called the Cactus Cafe. He allowed
only one saloon, and that was built a mile from town! There was a
clubhouse at the center of his model city, containing a well-stocked
library, pool tables and a small bar. But it was a very proper place,
for no drunks were allowed! When the Utah Southern laid track into
town, Newhouse had them stop at the saloon, wanting its influence
and the people it brought no closer than that."
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