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Thompson Springs, Utah
Photo: Davemeistermoab, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sego was a coal-mining town of about 500 people active from roughly 1910 to 1955, called Nelsen until 1918 when it was renamed for the sego lily. A flood ended the railroad spur in 1950 and a mine fire still smokes today. The company store walls, miners' shacks, railroad bridges and a hillside cemetery survive in Sego Canyon, which also holds rock art, and the area is a National Register historic district.
High-clearance vehicle recommended; flash floods can close the canyon road.
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