An evidence-graded, naturalistic 3-D reconstruction, c. 1890
Plat
Shelton 1880
Blocks
26 rods sq.
Streets
6 rods · 99 ft
Elev.
≈ 5,660 ft
How this map was built
An interpretive 1890 scene. The 1880 plat locates blocks and reserved sites but contains no house footprints. The 1917 Sanborn sheet shows much later footprints, including the First North and Center area. Apart from the Seeley house, house positions and the number of households are plausible examples, not identified 1890 addresses. Terrain and channels use later surveys and are generalized.
From Greg's map folder
Plat of Castle Dale, surveyed by M. J. Shelton, Dec. 28, 1880; filed Dec. 19, 1889; recorded Oct. 7, 1891. It sets out blocks 1–43, the Academy and Public Block (20), the courthouse quarter (12), the school site north of Block 19, and the wash that crosses Block 17.
Sanborn fire insurance map, April 1917. Shows First North at 99 feet wide and later footprints and materials. No 1917 footprint is asserted to have existed in 1890.
USGS topographic map (TopoZone print). The source for the bench and bluffs north of town, the dry wash, the cemetery on the bench, and the fall of ground toward the creek.
From outside research
Settlement 1877–79, dugouts under a cottonwood, first bishop Jasper Peterson: DUP marker no. 152 (HMdb).
Mammoth Canal (begun c. 1884) served the townsite and north benchlands; Blue Cut Canal watered land west and south of town: Edward A. Geary, A History of Water Development in Emery County.
Justus Wellington Seeley II house, 1889: adobe faced with brick hauled from the railroad at Price (National Register nomination).
Log construction with mud-and-willow plaster, whitewash, and cedar shingles: the 1879 Emery County Cabin.
Later Main Street commerce, including James Peterson's store in his home at 225 E. 100 North: ETV News.
How to read the tags
Documented The place or building appears in a source above. Approximate The feature is real but its exact line or size is estimated. Representative The house or crop is typical of the period, but no source puts that exact one on that lot.
The plat initials “N.H.”, “C.R.M.” and “K.H.” on Block 19 have not been securely identified, so their building models are speculative. Terrain height is exaggerated 2.2× and buildings about 1.4× for legibility. No reconstructed footprint is survey accurate. Drag to orbit in both axes, scroll to zoom, or select a preset view.