I'm trying to recall where Cisco is. Is it near Milford? When you said Cisco, it brought to mind the town of Callao on the fringes of western Utah. If you never seen a living ghost town, this one is it. Almost all the houses (all fifteen or so of them) are log cabins. It is one of the most isolated and forelorn spots on the planet. And I LOVE it!
should read ..."If YOU'VE never seen"
Oh my....that typo is causing my mother to cringe even though she doesn't know it exists....it sending shock waves through the atmosphere direct to her.
Cisco is just south of I-70, ABOUT 20-30 miles west of the UT/CO border.
It’s on UT-128, a scenic byway that goes along the Co river into Moab.
It used to be a water stop for trains when they had boilers. It got pumped up from the CO river about 5 miles away. That area is now a BLM rafting in/out point. (The float from Grand Junction to there is easy! I have pictures of folks who were carrying a PLAYPEN for their baby on a raft!)
I hear it gets a bit fun from there down to Dewey; the juntion with the Delores.
When diesel engines came in, Cisco became a maintenance area, and when I-70 bypassed it, it dried up and almost blew away!
Bluff (On the San Juan) was pretty far gone before Clinton signed the Escalante act. It’s now perked up nicely. I recommend the Navajo burger at the Twin Rocks Cafe.