![](https://d3ilqtpdwi981i.cloudfront.net/vvMOnLh1pn17JR7SsdmjR1GoQ2s=/425x550/smart/https://bepress-attached-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/e2/9a/d3/e29ad3d1-6f2f-4ad0-b05c-61f73aeb44f0/thumbnail_5e51ed75-7945-4fd7-b7c6-fa31bd5936fb.jpg)
Article
La Plata, 1890-1893: Boom, Bust and Controversy
Utah Historical Quarterly
Document Type
Article
Publisher
Utah State Historical Society
Publication Date
1-1-1982
Disciplines
Abstract
La Plata was a small mining town nested in the south end of Cache County that flourished from 1891 until 1893, During its three-year heyday it caught and held the attention of all northern Utah. Today, the ghost town of La Plata reposes in relative obscurity, remembered by only a few, having little historical significance and even less historical evidence of its brief existence. But from the evidence that does exist, mainly in the form of contemporary newspaper accounts, a reconstruction of the town and the social, political, and economic controversies that surrounded its boom and bust is possible.
Citation Information
“La Plata, 1890-1893: Boom, Bust and Controversy,” Utah Historical Quarterly, 50 no.1 (Winter 1982): 4-21.
Originally published by the Utah State Historical Society. Publisher's PDF of this issue can be accessed through Utah Government Publications Online. This article appeared in Utah Historical Quarterly.