Show HISTORY OF HELPER written by bt ry arancie lincis J blumberg blumber aei grade helper utah after fe the indiana ercie drive drivon out of it bait salt lake walley 11 they came to thit thi valley lal made gholda trong Rh olda bolds they hd had what abst I 1 known M pitched battles the early settlers folyd 0 evi evidences eviden deuces eee of the india birg liere here they found polee poles ot of wig wa pottery weapon weapons indian grave graves bead betti work and rocke rocks where they group I 1 their corn some oake of the early trappers were braer bean T 11 auphand W wil cox and tom creek thie this valley wu was food good for tr tracing alling groenda gro anda tor for it had mot most all the animal animals with valuable ielne itis the trappers trapped such an emals aa as beaver beir bear fox panther bobcat bob cats timber wolf and mountain 11 on ung a the livestock livee toek men beard heard about the good grazing landsa land and brought their tattle cattle and sheep out here some of the first of these men were oeo aeo and famce ames cattle dealers john j jenson and scot laliot de dealvis alcis and billy morgan eattle cattle dealer the thess men had to start building eort sort of act tle clements ments all these thing encouraged home seeker seekers to come here and make permanent when the first settlements were made la in 1881 there were no town to brits between colton aud price stelter 4 wak juet just ark n unknown valley with its plen plea ticul wild game it its then unknown coal field and its unknown agricultural districts along the price river Is IZ there liere any wonder that settlements were wadea the first settlers in thi this val vat ley 1880 that deserve credit vy wt wes lion tion were mr amit from meat james gay guy frova fro petit fork fleury babcock who planted A tin nn whre now arn are J 11 van initta whose home wai was on an the ether other male of the tile red steel bridge laches II 11 alisen andew simmons Simi henry wal mary ewell ale alex daeva frank and lorenzo Iu renio lwell and hr my ailt be ft ho IVO came here in ISSO isse mr oay gay lived along 1 the hrire river where dumb creatures often mado maile their home homes aie Is was wim a grot great friend to these trea turen bet juse of thir thin they were in not ot agrall of mm beaver deaver built their lanis rotors the at point it wa was a beautiful sigbrit to see the young der duncin g along th ili batick 1 so grate fully bru even built iligir neet nest in a nearby trot irm ATI 1 these various enow show how bind kind hearted mr oay gay was to dumb it wab was viry 6 to build homes in those any t because of the lack of RuI plies the ions es ere I 1 built allt ot of logs mud ani ant rocks often timea times the wa ter te woul boull I 1 leak through the root the floora floors were not level ittel it tel and there were many other discomforts ilie comforti in these log houses the first means of getting water ater for irrigation wag was by the spring glen can al which cost two thousand dolar er of thie ibis money wai was tor for the con eon traction of the idanel it was built by J H van netta xetta T pratt andrew Sim 8 monso hubert paul J bigelow Big clow he lie her bet stowell T jonee jones henry babcock and prank frank and lorenzo ewell the people had to go to tb san pete for food the only route through the mono tain canyon canyons wa was by pack horses or on foot footo until railroads were built mr pratt once went over to ban san pete for food hi lit waa was caught in a torm storm and was hungry an ani I 1 cold coldo ho he found f a enow snow cae eme and went in for heller shelter then he built a fire to keep hia his feet from freezing but not too to thaw ahm in lie ile finally reached home with part ut f ht him foot fruhn IP ir thy year 1811 1881 the tiU road was started it was finished in agh it was a narrow gauge at first but later 1889 it wi was rha changed ned to a gauge up until 1800 1 the district between pastle gate gale and the bine blue cut wae was called spring len lien helper vs majo a teri during thie this year and lt i call cause seat of the heller engine staying hero here part ot of this diA hariet Ht riet triet was called helper the round eating house ant nl Hail Rail roal roul hotel wa was also built in IS ISO thi balance hock rock mountain waa wax named beeam boat bout point by the hadj I 1 because it had hall ahe he appearance of ft a steam boat tile first depot was man where the mas ter mechanic need used to lie 1890 A new depot was built july 4 1892 the first toro store 1891 nas where ine the ideal meat markit aed to be it haq was owne onnel I 1 by J II 11 Fer gumn but he only eglett I 1 for a short time two inen bv the names ot of lowenstein and gin ser tok tip pp the business bue inee in the saino place ani ant lm rovel it our first post pont office 1891 wl ere mrs mr duct annn anan is living now tiow our first bank 1011 1911 waa was where tho the sanitary meat market ie Is now Y NI 1 I C A I leals 1000 was built by millionaire nf 1 C peabody the domn was in 1407 tom pitch was wa iri steve oin gin 0 otti ill james harridon Harr IV C crocker annl ben den stein were tho the trustees mr bir warl wart aas town cl clrk tk barn sam stein was treasurer pr an I 1 C II 11 cotter waa was mar bial when mr barbaglia Bar boglia was aa ator mi or in 1014 1413 lights were installed and helper 1 became a third class city there wa was a city power plant at first lut it was cheaper to buy power than to make ito it eo so power was boegl t from U L P co TI tie e drinking was brought from the rivet river ani an I 1 pumped from wella wells i attil the eibing 1 I of 0 1913 wl wian en present mater eystein was installed liia 1 I afore telephone connections were mal there were a few fe public ae booths later in the office was its lisel e I 1 nul phones were put in n tie homes hurnes tle first school bou house boute te was right acro across the treet from 09 prent one across nero the t e from tho the present one thie wa ap natii I 1 tit une was known as its 91 siring ring olen it was wai owned ity mr fr pratt at that time it was an ol 01 oil I 1 log 1 liati home e built of log au mu I 1 sl ingles an I 1 rocks the eats were very comfort at alle le katie cummins was the first taber t ichor wae nas twenty aven veil pu pit ails pil in the firt class clasi and mr nir stowell the first trustee then ther wire wi re two or three other schools 1 ool tl 71 e fourth school eliouse in tie tl e ba basi acut if f the rall roid roul cl apel tie tl e i acl ool war built in 1911 ow we ne have an enrollment of t cireo tireo tree linn I 1 rid put perils lis an ani I 1 teace te ael erx mr ir lvell L vell boned sociability y aun lay school ast I 1 tell el I 1 at I 1 lie Is home lie tie also bal in anny iny other amial meetings at aji iiii home hoine ini InO luling dancea dances ani ant entertain mente TI e first amusement hall was built by bv james kooi jim ie ic it A t ft N is where the 1 I 1 P 1 all use I 1 to I 1 e in tl if e I 1 ottoni ottom floor ti if ere w WM wat at a salon ind on the top floor was th ai or t I 1 all mr stow ell 11 usel to play ie le violin ani ant jese jakes the organ in we vie see that the pioneers had their i ni as well aj as I 1 a the tle second awas in ment t hall N a s on the second floor of 0 the en 0 alil lowe lowenstein Lowens t ein teia amert rc co but out la in im 1913 1 it t burnel burve I 1 down later the kiac 1 and liberty theater were built agriculture ha has not been dee lopel in thie this valley aliese alie are he flie hundred rt 04 three acre acres waiting for cultivation if it tl taij y are re cultivated in the right way it mean means future success in the arty early days lettler settlers had email small arins ad and orchard orchards to obtain food for the but they did not talie raise enough for to other valley in the early day dabs a tittle lumbering as done donet aut 11 at the present thie this ia austry ta to u developed pine tree trees were mostly used because there teal a denne dense grouth around this alley there was one old pam tree in the northern part of tonn town that was wa uel usel for a watch tower mr hatt pratt h att usel use to bit sit up there with hie his gun in hand and watch for game mr nir stowell had a aw saw all 1 d F jeroma jeromo now acs there were a great deal of mill in the tit moun 0 bairs tain west went of us the mill mills were r run by arse ind water power the lura turn bertelt ber thit was extracted from the mills was usel tie I 1 for the bu bullying bull illing ling of houses louice public buildings rail rolas ete te the charcoal industry indu atry aa 1891 by ablin john T rowley alei ry smith and ana mr fisher the kilm were vere down by the blue cutland cut and the air aa called the blue cut Chir charcoal coal com they hal bal eix sit bilms the charcoal was used mainly for ei 84 ILIUM n llera it will mide of pinion pim the low ahio a 0 silt sill ver and adi roll I 1 closed ire tle lillutt bo go el this industry helpers Hel pera main industry is in rail roil ing and al of woh wo h illicit thie tills inaus try was started it attracted to this vicinity future is the tile mining of coal in the he surrounding ini camp the lo cllon of helper Is I 1 ery cry favorable it la lit in jn tha the heart of t the coal district which extends four hilvi dred miles south and wat and goes to trinidad cole colo on the eat aro are thirteen tio t usand square ralles of alanl lan 1 in utah that has ha coal cool alto largest mine mines near neat ns tin are camlo castle gate cate spring canyon aal an kenilworth coil til district around vs us ie Is greatest in the world all 11 the country west of ua us ami and tile western cost of smith americ it aro culling calling for our coal are alwo ft and elx six million ions tons or year I 1 at ut there Is tall for twenty in ton tons all coal ie is ettia to for di thin thus we see that ie is u kreit mt commercial center it iper li Is net nt vary vi ry densely jinlat cl although altho althou gS in the past tea ten aars the population has doubly loireas In I in IVIO there were SIC inhabitants ati in there were lra 1 in there are many different nation alithea the nationalities modi mont numerous are 1 the american americans greeks and sod italians i alere tl ere has ha teen many mishaps 1 nich such an fires in lit 1919 we I 1 nd ad a big bi fire alere ta ere were thirteen diff rent places burnt including the dottla rock store christmas fe 1019 1919 then wan was a large 1 fire near the liberty lit erty theatre just ab abent ut a ear later 19 0 there wae was a fire south of drug tore store tin R auth of I 1 ii as I 1 aunes luring 1020 1920 were very ROO goo 1 some bome of the hoists hong ant an 1 other built were tie N 11 hall 31 11 I 1 Her bergera gera bull buil ling it I 1 i ull in lit 9 a J c pen ney Improve im lot j provenience prove niente mui dam dorn ami and a balf nille mile of sidewalk tiido the mo vemOnt of the railroad rail roal divi mon rion to hilier hai has an effect upon the population popi atlon lation lut 1 ut not on help ere ors stealy grouth as a commercial ceu ter for the surrounding anine 4 during the he war 11 T laye I 1 a leil I 1 i ing part in hr lir li h r re evl I 1 cross in her money an binl I 1 in altar men out of eighty nine men that went to war five wire killel tins we see that helper las ian male a success in every ewery thang tax aa bh hie hns we the seventh grale wish to show our kin 1 appreciation al at to ollo oil fitch an I 1 other others for their wiling ness in riving giving lie us the alcove in fornin tion other students ark desgres des parve cres credit of v antion are trai frai T rai k lots hall dortha it alers eni an abil I 1 cath enna erina ver verle ie |