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Minnie Maud is the name of a creek and canyon in eastern Utah that is noted as the western starting point of the Ninemile Canyon petroglyphs section. Minnie Maud Creek is a stream whose headwaters begin where the West Tavaputs Plateau and Wasatch Plateau meet the Uinta Mountains.
Ninemile Canyon (also Nine Mile Canyon) is a canyon, approximately 40 miles (60 km) long, located in Carbon and Duchesne counties in eastern Utah, United States. Promoted as "the world's longest art gallery", the canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people. The rock art, shelters, and granaries left behind by the Fremont make Ninemile Canyon a destination for archaeologists and tourists alike.
USGS GNIS ID: 1443829
Harper is a ghost town located in Ninemile Canyon (at the mouth of Argyle Canyon) in Carbon and Duchesne counties in Utah, United States. This stagecoach town came into existence in 1886. The nearest inhabited town is Wellington. The remaining buildings are located mostly on private property and permission must be granted before accessing them.
Consumers is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located in the Gordon Valley near several other former coal mining communities that also are now ghost towns. It is less than a mile from the ghost town of National, and also quite near to Clear Creek.
The Price River is a 137-mile-long (220 km) southeastward flowing river in Carbon, Utah and Emery counties in eastern Utah. It is a tributary to the Green River, itself a tributary to the Colorado River.
USGS GNIS ID: 1444642
Aspen Cove at Scofield is a 632-acre (256 ha) recreational property cabin development on the northwest end of Scofield reservoir in the state of Utah. Aspen Cove is primarily a recreation destination. The 2010 population is 7 year round residents and there are over 50 cabins used as second homes. Aspen Cove is less than a 10 mile drive to the town of Scofield, 35 miles to Price, 50 miles to Spanish Fork, and 100 miles to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Carbon Power Plant, also known as Castle Gate Power Plant, was a relatively small, 190-MWe coal-fired power station in Utah, US, operated by PacifiCorp. Utah Power & Light constructed its Carbon Steam Generating Plant at Castle Gate in the mid 1950s. Its units 1 and 2, rated at 75 and 113.6 MWe, were placed in service in 1954 and 1957. The plant was located at 39°43′38″N 110°51′51″W, about 3 km (2 mi) north of Helper, Utah, on the east bank of Price River.
The Castle Gate mine disaster occurred on March 8, 1924, in a coal mine near the town of Castle Gate, Utah (now dismantled), located approximately 90 miles (140 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. All of the 171 men working in the mine were killed in the series of three violent explosions. One worker, the leader of the rescue crew, died from carbon monoxide inhalation while attempting to reach the victims shortly after the explosion.
Castle Gate is a ghost town in the western United States, located in Carbon County in eastern Utah. A mining town approximately ninety miles (140 km) southeast of Salt Lake City, its name was derived from a rock formation near the mouth of Price Canyon. This formation features two sheer sandstone walls on either side of the Price River, which appear to open like a giant gate as travelers approach this narrow section of the canyon.
USGS GNIS ID: 1426382
Hale is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. The site lies just to the east of Scofield Reservoir, at an elevation of 7,598 feet (2,316 meters). The reservoir covers the upper part of town. Like the other nearby towns of Scofield and Winter Quarters, Utah, Hale was a coal mining camp.
USGS GNIS ID: 1435642
Royal is a ghost town that existed in the early 1900s as a small coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Originally called Bear Canyon, the town was renamed Cameron, Rolapp, and finally Royal when the Royal Coal Company purchased it, changing names each time a new owner took over. All that remains of Royal today are some stone walls, a couple of the mines, and a miner's dwelling. These remnants can be seen in Price Canyon.
USGS GNIS ID: 1437670
The Scofield Mine disaster was a mining explosion that occurred at the Winter Quarters coal mine on May 1, 1900. The mine was located at 39°42′57″N 111°11′17″W near the town of Scofield, Utah. In terms of life lost, it was the worst mining accident at that point in American history. The explosion is also a key element in the plot of the Carla Kelly novel My Loving Vigil Keeping.
Spring Canyon, also called Storrs, is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. In 1912, Jesse Knight purchased 1,600 acres of coal land and began developing a mine and a company town. Knight named the town Storrs, after the mine superintendent. The name of the town was changed to Spring Canyon in 1924. 1,000 tons of coal per day were mined from 1924 to 1943, and during World War II, coal production peaked at 2,000 tons of coal per day. By 1946, the need for coal diminished, and people began to leave. By 1969, Spring Canyon was abandoned.
USGS GNIS ID: 1437694
KCBU (channel 15) is a television station in Price, Utah, United States. The station is owned by Gray Media. KCBU's transmitter is located on Ford Ridge. Programming is currently unknown.
Kiz is a ghost town located in arid Clark Valley, in the sparsely populated eastern part of Carbon County, Utah, United States. This agricultural settlement existed between approximately 1906 and 1940. The nearest currently inhabited town is East Carbon.
State Route 10 (SR-10) is a State Highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The highway follows a long valley in Eastern Utah between the Wasatch Plateau on the west and the San Rafael Swell on the east.
Utah State Route 157 (SR-157) is a state highway in Carbon County in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just over 5 miles (8.0 km), it connects Helper and Spring Glen with Kenilworth to the northeast.
KCEU (89.7 FM) is a radio station in Price, Utah. It currently forms part of the Utah Public Radio network of Utah State University. The station had previously operated as the campus station at the College of Eastern Utah, which became Utah State University Eastern.
website: http://theedge.ceu.edu
Spring Glen is a census-designated place in Carbon County, in eastern Utah, United States. The population was 1,054 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1878, Spring Glen was the first permanent settlement in what is now Carbon County. First settled principally by white Mormon farmers, the community became much more diverse after about 1890, when the development of the area's coal mines brought an influx of immigrants from Southern Europe and other regions.
USGS GNIS ID: 2584777, 1432849
Utah State Route 139 (SR-139) is a 1.408-mile-long (2.266 km) state highway in the state of Utah that connects U.S. Route 6 (US-6) to SR-157 in Carbon County.
Carbonville is a census-designated place in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,383 at the 2020 census.
USGS GNIS ID: 2584758, 1426351
Clear Creek is a census-designated place on the western edge of Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located at the south end of State Route 96 and the Pleasant Valley Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad (previously the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad).
USGS GNIS ID: 2584759, 1439788
KARB (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Price, Utah, United States, the station is owned by Eastern Utah Broadcasting Company.
website: http://www.koal.net
KRPX (95.3 FM) is a hot adult contemporary formatted radio station. Licensed to Wellington, Utah, United States, the station is owned by College Creek Media, LLC and features programming from Fox News Radio and Premiere Networks.
website: http://www.koal.net
National is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located along upper Gordon Creek.
The U.S. Post Office-Helper Main at 45 S. Main in Helper, Utah was built in 1938. It has also been known as Helper Main Post Office. In 1989, it was listed as part of the National Register of Historic Places. The post office is located in the Helper Commercial District.
NRHP reference number: 89001995
Street address: 294 S Main Street, Helper, Utah 84526 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.helpercity.net/museum.html
The Parker and Weeter Block is a historic two-story building in Price, Utah. It was built in 1913 by John C. Weeter, Frank L. Parker and James W. Loofbourow. Its design has elements of Prairie School style including paired brackets and dentils at its cornice, and horizontal lines. It was acquired by Harry Mahleres and Sam Sampenos in 1938–1939, two immigrants from Greece who were brothers-in-law. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 9, 1982.
Street address: 85 West Main Street (from Wikidata)
NRHP reference number: 82004115
The Star Theatre is a historic two-story building in Price, Utah. It was built in 1923-1924 for five brothers who were immigrants from Greece: Pete, Angelo, Charlie, George and Harry Georgedes. The building was designed in the Classical Revival style by architect J.A. Headlund, an immigrant from Sweden, with "fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals; bands of round arch windows; an elaborate entablature with modillions on the cornice; egg and dart molding and dentils on the frieze and an architrave; and a parapet.". It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 9, 1982.
NRHP reference number: 82004116
West Wood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,066 at the 2020 census.
USGS GNIS ID: 2584782
Street address: 1171 East Main Street, Price, UT 84501 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.pricetheatre.com
Street address: 30 E. Main Street, Price, UT 84501 (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.pricetheatre.com
Street address: 94 South Main Street, Helper, UT 84526 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 104 S. Main Street, Helper, UT 84526 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 20 E. Main Street, Price, UT 84501 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 30 West Main Street, Price, UT 84501 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 19 South Main Street, Helper, UT 84526 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 159 East Main Street, Price, UT 84501 (from Wikidata)
Utah State Route 123 (SR-123) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning 11.4 miles (18.3 km), it connects the city of East Carbon with US-6 / US-191 in Carbon County.
Utah State Route 124 (SR-124) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning 7.9 miles (12.7 km), it connects the cities of Sunnyside and East Carbon in Carbon County with Horse Canyon Mine in Emery County.
KSLL (1080 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Price, Utah, United States, the station serves the Central Utah area. The station is currently owned by Ajb Holdings, LLC.
website: http://www.gofm100.com
Street address: Utah 123, East Carbon, UT 84520 (from Wikidata)
State Route 122 (SR-122) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the ghost town of Hiawatha with SR-10.
KOAL (750 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Price, Utah, United States, the station is currently owned by Eastern Utah Broadcasting Co.
website: http://www.koal.net/
KWSA (100.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format. Licensed to Price, Utah, United States, the station is currently owned by Jeff Wood and Against the Wind Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from Cumulus Media.
website: http://www.gofm100.com