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Scope and Contents Handwritten history, “The Lucin Cut-Off” by an unknown author, May 1905.

This ten page document relates how the Lucin Cut-Off was constructed and describes the

topography of this area in the Great Salt Lake.

Overview Newspaper articles and register of death about the train accident of February 19,

1904, killing sixteen Greek laborers as they were traveling to build the Lucin Cut-off on the

Great Salt Lake, Utah. This collection was donated by Stella Kapetan whose great-grandfather,

Leonidas Maltezos, was amongst the train accident victims. Donated to Special Collections,

Weber State University, 2003. Photocopies.

Overview This collection contains photographic and postcard documentation of the building and use of Lucin Cut-off across Salt Lake from 1903 – 1944.

Scope and Contents Postcards addressed to Miss Goldie Brown of Murray, Utah from Fred Schick.

Postcards are of the Western Pacific train crossing, Lucin Cut-Off, and a scenic sunset over the

Great Salt Lake. Postmarked November 17, 1908; October 10, 1910; July 19, 1911; and July 25,

1911.

Scope and Contents Authorized souvenir for an Ogden Lucin Cut-Off ribbon for a celebration at

Ogden, Utah, March 17, 1902.