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Green River, Utah, is located on Interstate Highway 70 where it crosses the Green River. The first name for the community was Blake, after the man, who in 1876, operated a ferry here. Thomas Farrer and his family are believed to have been the first Anglo-European family to settle here. In 1873 the railroad arrived and the west bank of the river took the name Greenriver, later changed to Green River. The east bank was known as Elgin. For a while in the later decades of the nineteenth century Green River was an important rail stop with the Palmer House serving meals to passengers. In 1892 most rail operations were moved to Helper and the town went into decline. In the middle of the twentieth century there was an economic recovery of sorts based upon uranium, but that ended in the 1970s. Today Green River markets itself as "an affordable base camp located adjacent to some of the most awe-inspiring county anywhere!"
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