It's been 40 years since a landslide was triggered in Spanish Fork Canyon, destroying the small town of Thistle. All that remains are a few foundations, a telephone pole and even a house, with only the roof visible above the water. ChrisArnoldTV
If you head down Highway 89, you may miss the town as you drive by. All that remains now are just a few foundations of structures, a telephone pole and even a house, with only the roof visible above the water.
He vividly remembers the massive landslide that was triggered, near where highways 6 and 89 intersect in Utah County."If you see this kind of light-colored ridge with snow on the right side and steep rock on the left and you look down to the bottom where it's got a steep slope and then it flattens out, that is the slide," said Keach."The economic impact was huge for the railroad, they were losing a million dollars a day," said Keach.
Westwood says before the flood waters destroyed the town, Thistle was a small, tight-knit railroad community. For those who were there and witnessed the slide take place, like Keach, he spoke about what sticks with him, 40-years later.
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