In popular culture The novel Lords of St. Thomas (GWP, 2018) by Jackson Ellis tells the story of the last family to vacate the flooded town in 1938 following construction of the Boulder Dam. The book's protagonist, Henry Lord, is based on Hugh Lord. The novel Muddy: Where Faith and Polygamy Collide (Deseret Book, 2019), by Dean Hughes, tells the story of the early LDS pioneers in the settlement. The novel The Desert Between Us, (University of Nevada Press, 2020) by Phyllis Barber tells the story of early LDS pioneers, polygamy, the U.S. government's decision to open a road to California, and camels. See also Rio Virgen County, Utah Territory Pah-Ute County, Arizona Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Potosi, Venezuela St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery Mormon Island, California, another former LDS community submerged by a man-made lake References External links St. Thomas information - National Park Service Ghost towns in Clark County, Nevada History of the Mojave Desert region Populated places established in 1865 1938 disestablishments in Nevada 1865 establishments in Arizona Territory Lake Mead Former county seats in Arizona Ghost towns in Nevada Arizona Territory