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Frisco_Roadrunner
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Posted on: 10:37 pm, July 01, 2008

I couldn't think of where else to post this; I looked at the Tooele forum and it doesn't get much activity.

Has anyone been to Iosepa? I looked for it once a few years ago, turning off from I-80, and when I had followed my directions to where I thought it should be, I didn't find anything. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough.

Is anything left there? I read that there is a cemetery and maybe some foundations. Is anything else left to make it worthwhile to see? AFAIK, I'm not connected to anyone there, but my mother was from Hawaii and I have a lot of genealogical work to do, so I can't be sure. Maybe it would be interesting just from a cultural perspective.

www.kued.org/productions/polynesian/history/


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Noel-Donna
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Noel-Donna
Posted on: 12:00 am, July 02, 2008

There's some info on Iosepa at;

http://www.ghosttowns.com/

Is that what you have been reading?


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Tet14
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Posted on: 4:40 am, July 02, 2008

Haven't you seen enough ghosttowns in Death Valley FR?-lol- Have a nice trip! N-D great date sept.21!

Tet


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tiffb123
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Posted on: 6:19 pm, July 08, 2008

I have a friend who is so into Ghost towns that I think he knows them ALL in the state of Utah~

He has a company now even ~ I bet he would share info with you if you emailed.

His company is called

Gold Rush Expeditions

www.goldrushexpeditions.com

His name is Corey~ Tell him tiffany referred you to him!

Have fun!


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Frisco_Roadrunner
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Posted on: 2:52 am, July 09, 2008

Hmmm, Gold Rush Expeditions. That sounds like a California outfit! :D

Yes, Tet, I get to see lots of ghost towns in and around Death Valley and throughout CA. But Iosepa is different. The folks who settled it were searching for God, not Gold.:) It was an oddity among Western settlements (sort of the way Allensworth and Locke are oddities). The settlers were Hawaiian Mormons who had converted in the islands and migrated to Utah to be closer to Zion and have more opportunities for temple worship (there was no temple in Hawaii yet, and temple worship is not the same as Sunday chapel worship which was already happening in Hawaii). The climate didn't agree with them, and after a few years a temple was built in Laie, on the island of Oahu, and most of the folks went back.


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al_parkcity
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Posted on: 8:47 pm, July 31, 2008

The local NBC affiliate here had a report tonight of an archaeological dig at Iosepa.

The story is at http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3904709


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