Wandering Lizard
Utah

An online magazine with information related to attractions, lodging, dining,
and travel resources in selected areas of Utah

Beaver County

Milford

The sign says that Milford was established in 1871, but prospectors hunted for gold and silver in the area even earlier in the nineteenth century. Ranchers were raising cattle there in 1870 and the Union Pacific Railroad established a terminal in Milford in the 1880s. The first recorded house was built in the area in 1880 by Arvin Stoddard. In those days Milford was known as the "perfect mudhole" or the "perfection of desolation." In 1901 the Union Pacific extended its line from Milford to Caliente, Nevada.

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