The 1908 building at Murtaugh

Idaho · USA · Haunted site

For most of its life this was the town's gathering place, message centre, watering hole and gambling joint. Murtaugh buried a great many people in those.

The building at Murtaugh, Idaho was put up in 1908, and for most of its existence it was the centre of the town: the place people met, left messages, drank, gambled, and did a few other things the accounts describe more delicately.

The context is what matters. Murtaugh, the workers on the nearby Milner dam and irrigation projects, and the Union Pacific crews all took heavy losses in those years. Dam construction and railway work in southern Idaho killed men regularly, and the town absorbed all of it.

A building that served as the only gathering place in a town like that heard every one of those deaths announced.

It operates as a bar and restaurant today, and the accounts come from staff and regulars rather than from investigators.

FAQ

Hvor ligger The 1908 building at Murtaugh?

The 1908 building at Murtaugh ligger i Idaho, USA.