| Show EARLY HISTORY OF HELPER TOLD the th pupil of the seventh grade in the 11 schools have beer bee 11 upending some sonia t tam ale gathering facts act concerning the fearly history of the tho rall roal town the real results reflect credit on the young stern the tio TI o following article taken fro fram athe the helper times tell tells tie early altor etory of helper T pratt who first settled thi this nl at ley in 1831 1881 bad had a camp just this kile fit to of price bit on one of his journey journeys to tucker tor for fool food with his yoke joke of e oxen he no noreca this valley and thinking it better than where he be was then located decided to move here upon hit his re to turn he lift eo so living in a dugout which still standi v as M he left it in 1800 1890 juet just mr fitcha house Tr trapping aging hunting and pron letting were t the e only ine incentives e natives to bring people here at that t time ime the fond trond man here was dieber thole fi a very gool goo I 1 friend of mr pratt 11 1 settled at what in v tw w known ns na spring glenn in 1884 an I 1 in 1886 ho he came to helper at that time both helper ani hp sp ing n g allen ten were called spring olen glen a and 4 car 1 bon county waa was ailed finery county these early settlers had to carry their provisions from castio castle gate or price I 1 in n 1495 mr fitch ame here he built tie first cramo house winch now elands stands just bick biel of the american can dy store when there were but flat ten building buildings here four 0 of them saloons loons a run by the following me mei t crowley durkin kin a ani I 1 barton b bialles t these h ese there man the macomb lohrding loir ding house louse a carpenter by the name nalar of smith th and a grocery store run by lur girson who firt 1 e aerl soil oll out f ike iov lotan ln stein in 1884 80 the atan darl I 1 gauge kail roa roal I 1 waft was built lu in place of alib narrow gauge the io was I 1 here but the foro for o consisted of 0 only fourteen men for at that tinie the roundhouse win was only four tails stalls about thin this time helper was gian iago it name because an extra engine wa was put on each train to help them from het her to the 6 la in 1897 the D R 0 R R I 1 wit the first neveu teen company hous liou ace 1 around theno they built high hob bob wil wire r 11 fon fences m with stiles for getting over in bof 1 of fates gates the first school house was a oneall log bui lulng and had boards for grata seats this building ie Is still standing standi rg on 01 lom dom inic Bor gerals lot kate cummings wae was the first teacher heber and john T were the first trustee trustees the second school was located where the central meat market now elands stands the tho third in the basement bae ement of the chap el the latter two were aln at the lame same time light years ears ago mr pitch cold sold the tw two 0 iota lots to 0 the school board on which t the ho present school house stands the price alor was named in 1893 after a man by the bame of price who 13 ran run a line of traps from bolth bolton to G green re en R ivor the opening of Kf tillworth mine aal an the work WOM around the railroad chops made iliade helper what it ie Is today at no time in the history of our town have we had any living evidence of if indians indiana however indian relics relies ha have v e been f found 0 ind on an 0 our r hills no 0 o we know that at one time these hill were roamed by the red man we have some evidence of the lie eleff dwellers dwelle x in these theme mountains some years ago billiam NI lliam haycock explore 1 sonio some of the be caves near what ie is known as 01 the tie wile cut by means of a rope ho he le let t himself into the cave anil and found implements of some clay dottory and the skeleton of a email small m man s n many more things could be beo told about abou tour our wi wo cannot take the time ne e are especially in lifted to mr 1 itch mr ur and mrs grimes for their I 1 dp elp in furnishing moet most of the information |
