Historic Ghost Towns. Stockton Utah

Lets just say getting there was interesting lol. Its just past the town Of Toolee Utah. When we got there it was not as i expected. It was a very small town. If you were not paying attention you would miss it. We turn down this street that lead to the cemetery. And on the side of the road was the old jail. and up the road more was the cemetery. At first i did not think we were able to get in. It had a fence all the way around it. So we looked and the gate was unlocked. So we went in. It was small but beautiful cemetery. There was a lot of old graves in there. Some dating back to the civil war. I felt a true sense of calm there. While we were there my husband Chris got touched. I was so surprised. As we were leaving he said he felt these hot marks and we looked and id be damn if there was not some scratches on him. So we got in the car and went down to the old jail. All in All. It was a good trip. Here is some history on Stockton. If you are ever in Utah. Its worth the trip to see it. Much love and happy hunting.

Mental Note!!!! This is the same man that led the Bear River Massacre.....

Stockton is a town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 616 at the 2010 census.

Stockton was born of the first mining boom in the Utah Territory. The mining industry began in the early 1860s with the arrival of Col. Patrick E. Connor,[5] commander of the Third California Volunteers, who had been sent to the territory[6] in 1862 to keep an eye on the overland mail routes during the Civil War. Connor wanted to counterbalance his perceived dominance of Mormon leaders in the area by exploring and developing the territory's mineral wealth. He posited that if precious metals could be discovered in Utah, the resulting flood of miners into the territory would overwhelm the Mormons, and outsiders would balance the Church's power. So he sent the men under his command out to prospect, and they almost single handedly opened the precious metals industry in Utah in 1863 by locating deposits, staking claims, and establishing mining districts.[7] Mines were dug on the western slopes of the Oquirrh Mountains, and Stockton became a base camp for some these operations.

The small town was first settled in 1863. Under the growing influence of the mining industry, the population swelled to 4,000 residents. It was the first town in the Utah Territories to have its streets surveyed and named, and it later gained the distinction of being the first to get electric lights, and the first to get a telephone.[8] A town cemetery (northwest of the settlement) was created shortly into the twentieth century. Other amenities were slowly addressed, and they now include a ball diamond, a city park, a city hall, a fire station, a municipal water system, and a centralized wastewater collection/disposal system.