HIGHLAND BOY

NAME: Highland Boy
COUNTY: Salt Lake
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: 7000 feet snow in winter
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer but little is left		 COMMENTS: Can be seen from Sun Shine Peak accessd through Middle Canyon above Tooele, Utah. A wonderful view from Sun Shine Peak by way of Middle Canyon, Tooele, Utah. But most everything except the aerial tramway supports used for hauling ore over the mountain to the smelter in Tooele.
REMAINS: Tramway supports for ore haulage to Tooele

One of many mines started in 1873. Many Yugoslavians, Basques, Italians and English lived here. Many stores, saloons, and boarding houses.Best remembered for the great fires and snowslides. Miss Ada Duhigg, deconess at Highland Boy Community House was one of my favorite personalities there. In about 1872 many claims were staked at this fork of the canyon the Highland Boy was the most successful. Many houses, hotels, boading houses, saloons, stores schools soon came. It was first settled by Yugoslavians, Italians, Basques and Englishmen but many other ethnic groups soon made the town home. It had it's Jap Camp and Greek Camp too. The town is still remembered for it's fires and snowslides. Submitted by: Eugene H. Halverson


Highland Boy
Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson


Highland Boy
Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson


Highland Boy
Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson


Highland Boy
Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson


Highland Boy
Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson

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