Corinne-Pioneer-Railroad Town
Looking toward the immediate completion of the first Transcontinental Rail-
road. Corinne Townsite was laid out in the Spring of 1869. Railroad financers,
real estate promoters, business & gambling sharks, launched a boom to
make Corinne the shipping, trading & amusement center of the Rocky Mts.
Although Congress had planned the Junction of the Union Pacific & Central
Pacific Railroads at or near Ogden, the Union Pacific designated Corinne as the
Freight Junction for the rich mines of Montana & the communities of Idaho
& northern Utah. This decision was made after the Engineers declared that
the town lay in the center of the Rocky Mountain Area & that the Bear
River was navigable by Steamboat, making it possible for freight to be trans
ported from Corinne via Bear River, the Great Salt Lake, & the Jordan River
to Salt Lake City.
For a time the Town flourished to the fullest expectations off its pro-
moters, supporting a newspaper, many businesses & more than 100
Saloons & Gambling Houses. In its prime, Corinne was one of Utah's bus-
iest cities, many times, over 500 Freight Wagons were congregated here.
