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   Message 789 of 1,275   
   Gerald Clough to Von Fourche   
   Re: Most Remote Town/City in Old West?   
   26 Apr 05 19:48:25   
   
   From: firstinitiallastname@texas.net   
      
   Von Fourche wrote:   
      
   >     I'm just wondering what was considered the most remote town or city in   
   > the old west around 1870's?  Or too many to name?   
   >   
   >   
   Well, if you'll admit Boulder, Utah, founded in 1889. But then, the most   
   remote would logically be founded late. Mail service was still by mule   
   train in 1941. It's on Utah 12, supposed to be the most remote highway   
   in the continental US.   
      
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