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{{stub}}''[[United States|United States]]''> ''[[Utah]]''> ''[[Emery County, Utah|Emery County]]''> ''Desert Lake''  
''[[United States Genealogy|United States]]''> ''[[Utah Genealogy|Utah]]''> ''[[Emery County, Utah Genealogy|Emery County]]''> ''Desert Lake''  


== History  ==
== History  ==


Desert Lake was located "north of Desert Lake. In the spring of 1888 the Thomas and Samuel Wells families and others settled in this area. In 1906 they surveyed a townsite and built log cabins to live in while they constructed a canal. The agricultural value of the soil deteriorated with an excessive alkali buildup, so settlers moved over to nearby Victor. Desert Lake became a ghost town." <ref>John W. Van Cott, ''Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 108.</ref>
Desert Lake, Utah was located "north of Desert Lake. In the spring of 1888 the Thomas and Samuel Wells families and others settled in this area. In 1906 they surveyed a townsite and built log cabins to live in while they constructed a canal. The agricultural value of the soil deteriorated with an excessive alkali buildup, so settlers moved over to nearby Victor. Desert Lake became a ghost town." <ref>John W. Van Cott, ''Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names'' (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 108.</ref>  


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== Web Sites ==
== Websites ==


*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utemery/index.html The Emery County UT GenWeb Project], a member of [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/index.html The UTGenWeb Project], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]
*[http://usgenwebsites.org/UTGenWeb/Emery/ The Emery County UT GenWeb Project], a member of The UTGenWeb Project], an affiliate of [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=206011&subject_disp=Utah%2C+Emery&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]
*{{FSC|Utah%2C+Emery|subject|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}


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History[edit | edit source]

Desert Lake, Utah was located "north of Desert Lake. In the spring of 1888 the Thomas and Samuel Wells families and others settled in this area. In 1906 they surveyed a townsite and built log cabins to live in while they constructed a canal. The agricultural value of the soil deteriorated with an excessive alkali buildup, so settlers moved over to nearby Victor. Desert Lake became a ghost town." [1]

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  1. John W. Van Cott, Utah Place Names: A Comprehensive Guide To the Origins of Geographic Names (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990), 108.