Bridgeport, Utah | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Utah#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Bridge- port |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Utah |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Daggett |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1902 |
Extinct Title: | Abandoned |
Extinct Date: | 1940 |
Elevation Ft: | 5436 |
Elevation M: | 1657 |
Coordinates: | 40.9028°N -109.1486°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1455194 |
Bridgeport was the community name given to a small ranching area in far eastern Daggett County, Utah, United States, near the Colorado border. The Bridgeport store, saloon and post office were located on the north side of the Green River near the mouth of Jesse Ewing Canyon, near the western end of Browns Park.
Bridgeport was developed and operated by Charley Crouse, an early Browns Park pioneer; a second store approximately two miles upstream was operated by John Jarvie. No trace of the Crouse buildings remains today, but the Jarvie store and farmstead is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is maintained as an interpretive site by the Bureau of Land Management.[1]
The United States post office at Bridgeport operated from 1902 to 1940.[2]