Wahsatch was established in 1868 as a railroad construction camp, the first of many such camps set up in Utah by the
Union Pacific Railroad in the process of building the
First transcontinental railroad. From 1868 to 1869, a population of hundreds dug the In June 1903, it was reported that 489 carloads of sheep had arrived at Wahsatch from their winter range. The town grew enough to justify the building of a new school in 1910. In 1916, Wahsatch became the headquarters for the construction of a second railroad tunnel, bringing another temporary surge in population. The railroad built a new depot and section houses in the 1930s, but Wahsatch soon declined, along with the sheep industry. The town was abandoned in the 1930s. The townsite on the north side of the highway is on railroad property, but the ruins on the south side are on a public road and can be accessed. Most visitors see little more than an old wooden sign reading
Wahsatch alongside the tracks, but there are some remnants of railroad buildings and equipment. ==See also==