Russian Settlement, Utah

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Russian Settlement is a ghost town in the Park Valley area of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is not known what name, if any, the settlers gave to their community; it has been called "Box Elder County's ghost town with no name." The settlement, which lasted about 1914-1917, was formed by a group of Russians of the religious sect known as the Molokans. The land company never provided promised facilities to make the land liveable, and the colony failed quickly. The most noticeable remnant of Russian Settlement is a cemetery with two graves. Between 1910 and 1914, the Salt Lake City-based Pacific Land and Water Company acquired about 180,000 acres (73,000 ha) of property in Box Elder County to resell. This land consisted of former railroad land, the property of another company absorbed by Pacific Land and Water, and tracts purchased from ranchers.