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A fact from Widtsoe, Utah appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 June 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,404 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Widtsoe, Utah was made a ghost town in 1936 by the federal Resettlement Administration, a New Deal program that bought out indebted landowners?

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Marine West Coast Climate!?

The assertion that Widtsoe has a marine west coast climate is laughable, even if it's backed up with a cited source. That source says that marine west coast climates have winters that "tend to be mild" and have "plentiful" precipitation. But Widtsoe has less than 11 inches of precipitation a year and has an average January temperature of 24 degrees Fahrenheit. 38.78.243.143 (talk) 38.78.243.143 (talk) 21:51, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Widtsoe is a ghost town in Garfield County, Utah, United States. It is located in John's Valley, northeast of Bryce Canyon and along the Sevier River at the mouth of Sweetwater Creek. A small number of settlers arrived in the area in 1876 and it became a town around 1908 after farmer Jedediah Adair was followed by a more significant population. Initially known as Adairville, after Adair, the town later became Houston and Winder, before attaining its final name after John A. Widtsoe, the president of and an agricultural scientist at the University of Utah. The population declined significantly from 1920 following droughts, and the town emptied in 1936. Most buildings were demolished shortly afterwards. This photograph by Dorothea Lange shows Widtsoe's Emery Valley Mercantile Co. grocery store in 1936.

Photograph credit: Dorothea Lange; restored by Yann Forget

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