Thistle, Utah

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Thistle, Utah
Abandoned railwey toun
Thistle, circa 1871.
Thistle, circa 1871.
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Thistle is a ghaist toun in Spanish Fork Canyon in sootheastren Utah County, Utah, Unitit States.[1] In the era o steam locomotives, the toun's main industry wis servicing trains for the Denver an Rio Grande Western Railroad (eften shortened tae D&RG, D&RGW, or Rio Grande). The fortunes o the toun war closely linked wi those of the railroad until the change tae diesel locomotives, when the toun started tae decline.

  1. "Thistle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.