Frisco, Beaver County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Beaver County  Frisco

Quick History
Pure silver was discovered in 1875 at the base of the San Francisco Mining District giving birth to the Horn Silver Mine and the Frisco wild-west town. Boom town describes how quickly this tough mining camp developed into a community. The Frisco Cemetery was the largest in the state at the time due to the average of 12 murders a night. Within weeks Frisco grew to an estimated population of over 6,000 people. With the arrival of a postoffice, Frisco soon developed as the commercial center for the district, as well as the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad extension from Milford.


 * Wikipedia
 * Utah Ghost Towns

Location
Located 15 miles to the East of Minersville in the San Francisco Mining District. Other mines located in the district included the Blackbird, Cactus (Newhouse), Carbonate, Comet, Imperial, King David, Rattler, and Yellow Jacket, with the Silver Horn the largest.
 * GPS Location: Google

Time Line

 * 1875: First claim for silver is made
 * 1885 February 12: Earthquake temporarily closes the mine
 * 1886: Mine reopens at much smaller scale
 * 1900: Population down from 6,000 to 500
 * 1912: Population at 150
 * 1921: Uninhabited

Neighboring Communities
Beaver | Milford | Minersville | Greenville | Newhouse

Cemeteries
Check cemeteries in neighboring communities. Beaver County, Utah Cemeteries
 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Findagrave.com
 * Milford Cemetery
 * Minersville Cemetery

Historical Newspapers

 * Southern Utonian and Beaver City Press 1881 – 1928

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed.  A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.  For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.

Suggested Reading

 * A History of Beaver County
 * The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns.
 * Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures
 * The American West : Overland journeys, 1841-1880

Websites

 * Utah Mining
 * Silver Mining in the Beehive State
 * The Beaver County (Utah) Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s
 * Frisco Mining Town
 * Frisco Ghost Town
 * San Francisco Mining District