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Show - April 2002 Energy Carbon, Emery share unique historical ties Carbon and Emery counties share ment in the Carbon County region of a common Instay. the Castle Valley Ahhongh the general locus of the two counties has differed slightly at tinroduringtheyears, energy related industries have plqyed a key role in Companies huilt and ran coal ;; camps in Carbon County importing southern and eastern European aa j well aa Japanese laborers to work in fliiin;tiliiiiHMfaniiJiiwiflinii!U. ttm mirw awl nn niilrniul png. A railroad hub, Helpers name rdopment in the local Castle Valley stems from being the station where region. The original boundaries estab-- locomotives were utilized to help Eshed Sr Emer County encompassed loaded freight trains climb the can-- 's the majority of Castle Valley indud- - yon grades and reach Sdlider Sum-in- g ' . mit. Helper became known as the the Carbon area. But in 1894, the Utah Territorial town of57 varieties because of the Legislature created Carbon County citys ethnic diversity fnm a portion of Emery indicates Explosions at Winter Quarters Scofield in 1900, killing 200 " near HrfiMBipMliytlilftliHiAriMl workers, and at Castle Gate in 1924, Society Although the two counties shared claiming 172 Uvea, along with mqjor cranmon historical tiea, the economic strikes in 1903--4, 1922 and 1933 focus of Carbon shifted to coal, the brought tragedy violence and even-- ; nahnoad and industrial development tual unionization to the mines in qp after the apfit, while Emery contra- erating in the Castle Valley. ' Coal mining continues to play an ned to rety more on agricultural en-deavora. important role in Castle Valleys eco- The western end ofCarbon County namic development; with the upa and rises to the Wasatch Plateau and downs experienced by the industry dopes down eastward to the Price creating periodeof boom and bust. Ri which cuts through Castle Val- Utah Power & light built a main " dectric generating ptat near Castle . ky Castle VUty stretches across the Gate. In 1980, the Carbon plant gen-- i southern halfof the Carbon area and crated 171 megawatts of electricity continues into Emery County Emery County includes three geo- Geographkadty Carbon County is graphical areas: the mountains ofthe located in the Colorado Plateau iysi- - Wasatch Plateau; Castle Wiley, and . the desert tfthe San Rafiad Swell, the i Ognphie province. .. Evidence ofthe Fremont mlfaiTu San Rafael Rarf, Cedar Mountain and is extensive in Carbon County Figu-- remote stretches of land west ofthe rines have been discovered as have Green River. art panda; such aa the Occupation of the San Rafael re- nary rock Had Tliwiter located " the ginn dataa harfr thmnaml rfywm.' :' donGraekarea. .Evidence of the Fremont culture can Evidence ofprehistoric fife inchidee befamdinpiriographandpefrogfrph ' ; numerous dinosaur footprints found panels in Temple Mountain Wadi, .. ; in the cod fames. Muddy Creek, Ferron Box, Black Harmon settlements were estab- 'Dragon and Buckhmrn.;, 'i lished along the Price River in the In 1875, livestock growers from...,? late 1870s. Routes into the region in- Sanpete County, recognizing the cluded offshoots of the Old Spanish settlement potential of the region, i Trail and over Soldier Summit. brought cattle and sheep into Castle :i to graza became and Wiley Fuming ranching anomic activities in the Castle TivmgfiiniilMi dairhul Mnwrwintn the Castle Valley region in 1877, : Wiley region. Cowboys and outlaw filled several colorful chapters in Car- - : planting the roots for thriving com- bon Comitys history with the likes munities in Carbon and Emery afButch CMsxty and Gunplay Max- Although livestock and farming represent important activities in The Nine Mile Canyon freight road CastleValleys history two related from McetotheUinteBasm became events exerted a nuyor influence onY.-an important transportation link in the regions budding economy end Carbons dndn ofdevdqpmenL The events include the completion m During the earty 1880a; the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad ofthe D&RG Railroad and. devdpp 1 AiriiVfaniNliKli ment of cod mines at Scofield, Castle yij route from the Colorado city to the Gate and Sunnyaide by 1895. 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