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The Latter-day Saint ghost town that keeps emerging from Lake Mead

Foundation remains at St. Thomas, Nevada.

Foundation remains at St. Thomas, Nevada. (Andrew Cattoir, Lake Mead National Recreation Area)


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Nestled in Nevada, the area that became the town of St. Thomas was once home to settlements of the Ancestral Puebloans and Basket-Makers. In 1865, settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began farming in the area, believing that they were in Utah or Arizona. Pioneers established farms and businesses in the area.

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