TERRACE

Terrace (Box Elder) is today a ghost town site located on the old railroad grade. The town was founded on April 1, 1869 as a major maintenance and repair center for the Transcontinental Railroad system. Not much is left of the town. There are depressions and indications of a turntable and roundhouse stalls that once were part of a town with a population of several hundred people. As was the case in other railroad endeavors, many Chinese were employed by the railroad in Terrace. One-half mile northeast of the Terrace site, the cemetery can be found. Terrace Mountain (5,174' -1,577.04m) is nearby.

Nearby towns include Rosette and Park Valley to the north and Lucin to the southwest. Etna and Grouse Creek are found to the northwest.

See, Jim Aldrich GhostTowns.com; Info. on plaque near site.

G. William Wiersdorf