Welby

Welby was a railroad town, and when the railroad left, so did the town. It began as Garfield Junction, a Denver and Rio Grande Western stop on the low-grade line, and in 1908 took the name of A. E. Welby, the railroad's superintendent. The company drilled wells and built a roundhouse, machine and boiler shops, and a water-treatment plant; around them grew a telegraph office, a boarding house, a dance hall, stores, and better than two hundred homes with a three-room school. Then the railroad lost its contract and Welby faded. The store and school came down in 1948.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bingham Canyon Mine — 9.4 mi
  The largest man-made excavation on Earth
• International Peace Gardens — 9.9 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Liberty Park — 12 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 13 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood

More markers nearby

• Wight's Fort Cemetery — 1.0 mi
• Broom Factory and Wagon Train terminal — 2.8 mi
• Utah Idaho Sugar Company Factory — 2.9 mi
• Salt Lake & Utah RR/Utah Idaho Sugar Factory — 2.9 mi