by Venetta Bond Kelsey
This book tells the story of a little railroad and ranching community situated in the Middle of the Black Rock Desert of south centrail Utah.  Clear Lake was south of Delta and Deseret, and west of Holden and Fillmore.  It began as a railroad sidetrack in the spring of 1880, then soon had a station and was the bording site for people from the West Desert and Fillmore to get on passenger trains.  The town also had one big Ranch, along with a hotel and one little store & post office.  Because of financial problems with the Ranch owners which eneded in bankruptcy, the town died in the mid-1930's.  Everybody but a few rairoad worker were gone by the end of 1937.  Today, there are only a few foundations, tamaracks and ditches marking the site.  The author is Venetta Bond Kelsey, who was born and raised in Clear Lake. 

192 pages, 126 B+W fotos, perfect bound & waterproof cover, 15cms x 23cms  (6" x 9"), ISBN 0-944510-03-5.