Art is never Finished, only Abandoned - GHOST TOWN

Pulling the string from last post,
The Journey to Moab from Grand Junction.
Let us stop after we take the Exit from highway 70 and start our journey towards highway 128.
Before We arrive at a junction on highway 128. We pass through CISCO

More about CISCO
CISCO is an Abandoned Ghost Town in Grand county of Utah. The place resides in the junction of state highway route 128 and Interstate 70.

The town was built and developed around 1880 as a saloon and water filling station for the western railways owned by American Class 1 railroad Company D&RG - Denver and Rio Grande.

The town was slowly used as work crews started flowing in and added to the travellers. It was obvious point of increased growth of stores hotels and restaurants. The cattle ranches started moving to CISCO and at a point of time CISCO sheared around 100 thousand sheep before being shipped to the main market.
Then started the exploitation of Oil and Natural Gas.
How did CISCO turned into a Ghost town ?

The very important factor was the demise of Locomotive Steem engines. And the construction of Interstate 70.
Will write more on the adventure I had at CISCO with more pictures
Have a wonderful day 😊

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