Jackson, Utah

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|map_caption = Location within Box Elder county

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|timezone = Mountain (MST)

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Jackson is a ghost town in the western desert of Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It lies on the western end of the Lucin Cutoff, just west of the Great Salt Lake. Jackson was never much more than a railroad siding, named by the railroad for a prospector who operated a mine in the area.{{cite book | last = Van Cott | first = John W. | title = Utah Place Names | year = 1990 | publisher = University of Utah Press | location = Salt Lake City | page = 203 | isbn = 0-87480-345-4}} On February 19, 1904, during a collision between two Southern Pacific trains, a carload of dynamite exploded, wrecking everything within an {{Convert|0.5|mile}} radius, including the majority of lives within the town of 45.{{cite news | title = Dynamite Wrecks Town | newspaper = The New York Times | date = February 21, 1904 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/02/21/101339263.pdf | access-date = June 29, 2009 | format=PDF}} The effects are credited to concussion, although officials at the time were surprised by the disaster's magnitude.{{cite news | title = Explosion Destroys Town | newspaper = Fort Wayne News | date = February 20, 1904 | url = https://www.gendisasters.com/utah/7386/jackson-ut-train-wreck-amp-explosion-destroys-town-feb-1904 | access-date = January 3, 2022 | archive-date = January 3, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220103063612/https://www.gendisasters.com/utah/7386/jackson-ut-train-wreck-amp-explosion-destroys-town-feb-1904 | url-status = dead }}