Alpha Ballinger was one of the early settlers of Carbon County. He was instrumental in having Price being incorporated and in the formation of Carbon County. The information on this webpage has been donated by Frances Cunningham. Frances has spent many, many, many years gathering and collecting histories, stories and photographs about Carbon County. The items on this webpage include information gathered about Alpha Ballinger and his family. If the subject in the first column is underlined just click on it to read the information on the webpage. If the reference in the second column is a newspaper article visit the University of Utah online newspaper collection. There are three newspapers available for Carbon County. They are: Carbon County News for 1908-1915, Eastern Utah Telegraph/Advocate for 1891-1892 and 1897-1916, and News Advocate for 1915-1923 and 1925-1932. If the article is not available online or in the newspaper please e-mail Kathy Hamaker. Special Thanks to Frances Cunningham for donating all this valuable information about the Ballinger family.
| Ballinger, Alice | EUA - 23 Apr 1915 pg 1 | Eastern Star Organized |
| Ballinger, Alice | News Advocate - 6 Nov 1919 pg 8 | left Friday evening for McGil Nev. to join her husband |
| Ballinger, Alice Fouts | The Sun - 10 Sep 1915 pg 1 | Price Academy Commercial Department |
| Ballinger, Alpha | 13 Nov 1857 | born in Peoria, Mahasha Co., Iowa. First child of James McClur Ballinger & Eleanor Warner |
| Ballinger, Alpha | Apr 1885 | Lacated in Price precinct and taking up a ranch across the river to the west of Carbonville. |
| Ballinger, Alpha | 29 Oct 1887 | Married Ella Sanford |
| Ballinger, A. | 1888 | Was chosen as attorney for Emery Coutny to straighten out affairs of county. Many hundreds of dollars came to the county through his efforts. |
| Ballinger, Alpha | 1890 | Founder of Price Trading Co. |
| Ballinger, Alpha | EUT - 22 Jan 1891 | Attorney-at-Law |
| Ballinger, Alpha | EUT - 19 Mar 1891 pg 8 | lawyer of good merit and will attend promptly to any business interested |
| Ballinger, Alpha | EUT - 23 Apr 1891 pg 4 | contemplates a trip soon to the placer mines on the Colorado river |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 4 Sep 1891 pg 4 | ...is connected with Mr. Pratt in the new townsite |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 11 Sep 1891 pg 4 | called to Green River ...request of A. F. Kohler |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 18 Sep 1891 pg 4 | ...reports rapid sales of lots at Helper |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 9 Oct 1891 pg 4 | is at Provo this week attending courts. |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 16 Oct 1891 | ...is in Helper today |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT 23 Oct 1891 | is in Castle Gate |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 13 Nov 1891 | received telegram announcing the death of his little brother |
| Ballinger, A. | EUT - 4 Dec 1891 | ..visited Scofield the first of the week |
| Ballinger, A. | 25 Dec 1891 pg 4 | buggy smashed into smithereens |
| Ballinger, Alpha | DUP pg 109 - 14 Jul 1892 | presented a petition of 49 signatures for the organization of the town of Price. population 308 persons. |
| Ballinger, A. | 6 Sep 1892 | resigned from practicing law |
| Ballinger, Alpha | 8 Nov 1892 | A general election held and Ballinger elected clerk and treasurer |
| Ballinger, A. | 1 Dec 1890 - 17 Oct 1893 | appointed postmaster |
| Ballinger, A. | 1893 | He conceived the idea of the creation of Carbon County. |
| Ballinger, Alpha | 1 May 1894 | Instrumental in having Price named as the county seat. |
| Ballinger, Alpha | Salt Lake Herald - 24 Jun 1899 | |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 3 Apr 1902 pg 7 | Another Trade Made |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 17 Apr 1902 pg 7 | bought piece of ground between Weeter Lumber Co. & Thomas Fitzgerald |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 15 May 1902 pg 7 | are soon to begin the work of excavating for their new business house |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 5 Jun 1902 pg 7 | was in Salt Lake last week ordering goods for his new store |
| Ballinger, A. | 12 Jun 1902 pg 7 | There is a sweet girl baby at the home of... |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 19 Jun 1902 pg 7 | first fishing party of the season |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 10 Jul 1902 pg 7 | & Dale Fausett were in Salt Lake buying the new stock |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 17 Jul 1902 | Price Trading company expects to have it building ready and the stock here in about twenty days |
| Ballinger, A. | Eastern Utah Advocate - 14 Aug 1902 pg 1 | Price Trading Co. |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 10 Dec 1903 pg 1 | & J.M. Whimore were granted a franchise for waterworks and lighting system. |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 25 Feb 1904 pg 4 | was in Sunnyside Monday on business |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 7 Apr 1904 pg 5 | Small Blaze at the home of ... |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 14 Apr 1904 pg 5 | awarded the contract for hauling government freight |
| Ballinger, A. Mrs. | EUA - 15 Sep 1904 pg 5 | returned last night from a visit to Springville |
| Ballinger, Alpha | EUA - 28 Jun 1906 pg 3 | Private school - Methodist to be established at Price |
| Ballinger, A. | Eastern Utah Advocate - Oct 5, 1906 | See little on Reservation to Attract Them. |
| Ballinger, A. | 26 Dec 1911 - 1912 | Secretary of Well Mining & Stage Company |
| Ballinger, A. | 22 Mar 1912 pg 4 | secretary of Well Mining & Stage Company |
| Ballinger, A. | 29 Mar 1912 pg 1 | ...reports that practically all assessments levied against stock in the company were paid |
| Ballinger, A. & Jessie | Carbon County News - 8 Aug 1912 pg 2 | returned yesterday from combined business & pleasure trip to Zion |
| Ballinger, A. | Carbon County News - 19 Sep 1912 pg 1 | R. J. Turner, charged with misappropriating county funds |
| Ballinger, A. | 7 Nov 1912 | Busy as Price Justice of the Peace. Victorious election. |
| Ballinger, A. | CCN - 19 Dec 1912 pg 5 | & W. W. Goodman had the record each in their own line, for dog and rabbit shooting |
| Ballinger, A. | Carbon County News - 6 Feb 1913 pg 1 | The resignation of A. Ballinger as justice of the peace was accepted... |
| Ballinger, Alpha | CCN - 29 Oct 1914 pg 5 | of Price Given Unstinted Praise |
| Ballinger, A. | EUA - 26 Feb 1915 pg 5 | Pleasant Valley Coal Co vs Alpha Ballinger & Utah Fuel Company vs Alpha Ballinger |
| Ballinger, Alpha | Carbon County News, July 2, 1915 | Indignant Citizen Wallops Editor |
| Ballinger, A. | The Sun - 29 Oct 1915 pg 1 | The Official Ballot Controversy |
| Ballinger, Alpha | The Sun, 17 Nov 1916 pg 8 | 1416 votes for (163) for county treasurer |
| Ballinger, A. | News Advocate - 24 Apr 1919 pg 3 | has accepted the local agency of the National Surety Company of New York |
| Ballinger, A. | News Advocate - 1 May 1919 pg 3 | Miss Lea Sanford is visiting at the A. Ballinger home |
| Ballinger, A. | News Advocate - 29 May 1919 pg 7 | friends of Mrs. Elizabeth Sanford invited themselves to the A. Ballinger home for a farewell evening |
| Ballinger, Alpha | The Sun - 10 Dec 1915 pg 5 | appeared before the board and asked for the privilege of furnishing part of the coal for the Price school |
| Ballinger, A. | EUP, 26 Feb 1915 pg 5 | court proceedings, Pleasant Valley Coal Co. vs. Alpha Ballenger |
| Ballinger, A. | The Sun, 24 Oct 1915 pg 1 | The Official Ballot Controversy... |
| Ballinger, Alpha | The Sun, 10 Dec 1915 pg 5 | asked for the priviledge of furnishing the coal for the Price schools... |
| Ballinger, Alpha | The News Advocate - 2 Nov 1916 pg 1 | "the father of Carbon County" |
| Ballinger, Alpha | The Sun - 17 Nov 1916 pg 8 | for County Treasurer |
| Ballinger, A. | News Advocate - 31 Jul 1919 pg 5 | A pleasant party composed of the Ballinger family... |
| Ballinger, A. | News Advocate - 28 Aug 1919 pg1 | Legion Gets Good Start - They're off |
| Ballinger, Alpha | The Sun - 30 Mar 1928 pg 1 | obit |
| Ballinger, Alpha | News Advocate - 31 Mar 1928 pg 1 | obit |
| Ballinger, Alpha | News Advocate - 31 Mar 1928 pg 2 | written by Earnest S. Horsley |
| Ballinger, Alpha | News Advocate - 4 Apr 1928 pg 1 | obit |
| Ballinger, Alpha | Sun Advocate - 2 Oct 1941 pg 4 | First telephone service in Price.. |
| Ballinger, Alf | The Sun Advocate - 11 Feb 1943 pg 5 | was named county treasurer in 1913 |
| Ballinger, A. | Diversion Dam in Carbonville | Helped to divert waters of the Price river from where the diversion dam now is to the west of Price to his holdings near the Gourley ranch.. |
| Ballinger, Alpha | member of Odd Fellows | |
| Ballinger, Alpha | Knights of Pythius | first chancellor of Onward Lodge No. 15 |
| Ballinger, Alpha | Sun Advocate - 27 Dec 1988 pg 6a | by Frances Cunningham & Arva Smith |
| Ballinger, Althea Harris | The Sun - 8 Dec 1916 pg 1 | D. & R. G. ran into the coach of the Sunnyside train |
| Ballinger, Bert | Salt Lake Tribune - 8 Sep 1954 pg 28 | obituary |
| Ballinger, Bert | Des. News - 8 Sep 1954 pg B-14 | obit |
| Ballinger, Bert | Deseret News - 8 Sep 1854 page B14 | obituary |
| Ballinger, Bert | Salt Lake Tribune - 8 Sep 1954 pg 28 | obit |
| Ballinger, Ella | Carbon County News - 3 Sep 1914 pg 1 | obituary |
| Ballinger, Ella | Carbon County News, Oct. 1, 1914 page 10 | Resolution of Condolence |
| Ballinger, Fern | News Advocate - 10 Jun 1919 pg 5 | A pretty lawn party was given... |
| Ballinger, Fern | The Sun - 6 Apr 1923 pg 5 | won first place in the popular girl contest |
| Ballinger, George | 1900 | birth in Price, UT |
| Ballinger, George | 3 Oct 1918 pg 1 | George volunteered in the spring of 1917 and has been in training... |
| Ballinger, George | The Sun - 11 Aug 1916 pg 5 | Price & Nearby |
| Ballinger, George Franklin | Deseret News - 2 May 1934 pg 7 | obituary |
| Ballinger, George Franklin | 3 May 1934 pg 20 | obituary |
| Ballinger, George Franklin | Deseret News - 3 May 1934 pg 15 | obituary |
| Ballinger, Glen | EUA - 7 Apr 1904 pg 5 | left Tuesday for Provo where he is attending school |
| Ballinger, Glen | EUA - 8 Sep 1904 pg 5 | Left Monday for Springville to enter Hungerford Academy |
| Ballinger, Glen | Carbon County News - 5 Sep 1912 pg 12 | left Monday for Salt Lake to visit friends |
| Ballinger, Glen | Carbon County News - 30 Oct 1913 pg 6 | hoping the berth (cashiership) will fall to him |
| Ballinger, Glen | Carbon County News - 27 Nov 1913 pg 2 | Cashier of the Helper State Bank visited his parents in this city Sunday |
| Ballinger, Glen | EUA - 30 Apr 1915 pg 5 | member of district school board |
| Ballinger, Glen | EUA - 21 May 1915 pg 5 | and "Kaiser" Theil of Helper were Price visitors Monday night |
| Ballinger, Glen | EUA - 28 May 1915 pg 5 | of Helper was a Price visitor Sunday |
| Ballinger, Glen Mrs. | The Sun - 15 Dec 1916 pg 5 | those injured in the wreck at Price are doing well |
| Ballinger, Glen | 24 Oct 1918 pg 4 | piloted airplane |
| Ballinger, Glen | News Advocate - 13 Mar 1919 pg 3 | ..has just received his commission as lieutenant in the reserve corps of the aviation |
| Ballinger, Glen | The News Advocate - 10 Apr 1919 pg 3 | finally found a suitable house in Helper |
| Ballinger, Glen | News Advocate - 17 Apr 1919 pg 3 | ...first grandchild birth |
| Ballinger, Glen | News Advocate - 8 May 1919 pg 4 | Miss Lea Sanford is visiting this week in Helper |
| Ballinger, Glen | The Sun - 25 Oct 1923 pg 5 | Helper republicans have this ticket in the field |
| Ballinger, Glen | The Sun Advocate - 4 Feb 1943 pg 7 | Ration office gives Suggestions to Public |
| Ballinger, Glen Mrs. | The Sun - 22 Dec 1916 pg 5 | getting along quite well at St. Mark's Hospital |
| Ballinger, Glenroy | 1891 | birth in Price, son of Alpha & Ella Sanford Ballinger |
| Ballinger, Grace | Carbon County News - 9 Oct 1913 pg 1 | Sorbsis - New Club |
| Ballinger, Jessie | 1898 | Born abt 1898 in Price, UT daughter of Alpha & Ella Sanford Ballinger |
| Ballinger, Jessie | News Advocate - 27 Feb 1919 pg 5 | & Zylplina Earl were hostesses Sat. evening at a Washington Birthday Party |
| Ballinger, Jessie | EUA - 21 Jan 1915 pg 5 | a member of the Standard Bearers attended the regular monthly meeting... |
| Ballinger, Jessie | Carbon County News - 15 Aug 1912 pg 3 | is visiting friends in Springville |
| Ballinger, Jessie | News Advocate - 31 Jul 1919 pg 5 | A happy crowd of young people left Wednesday evening for a camping trip |
| Ballinger, Jessie | News Advocate - 23 Oct 1919 pg 5 | left Sunday afternoon for Denver, Colo. |
| Ballinger, S. A. | News Advocate - 11 Sep 1919 pg 8 | went to Kanas City the last of last with shipment of sheep |
| Ballinger, S. A. Mrs. | Carbon County News - 9 Oct 1913 pg 5 | County Fair prize winner |
| Ballinger, S. A. | The News Advocate - 16 Oct 1919 pg 8 | has been offered a good position at McGill, Nev. |
| Ballinger, S. A. Mrs. | The Sun - 22 Jun 1923 pg 5 | & Mrs. C. H. Stevenson, Sr. & Mrs. Thomas Fouts returned from Red Cross meeting |
| Ballinger, Sanford Dr. | News Advocate - 16 Jan 1919 pg 1 | Will Practice here |
| Ballinger, Sandy | The Sun - 17 Sep 1915 pg 8 | left Wednesday for Califonia where he will attend the Leland Stanford University |
| Ballinger, Sanford | 1896 | birth in Price, Utah |
| Ballinger, Sanford | News Advocate - 13 Mar 1919 pg 2 | now has his office equipped and is ready for patients |
| Ballinger, Sanford | Carbon County News - 5 Jun 1913 pg 9 | graduate of high school department of the Price Academy |
| Ballinger, Sanford | The Sun - 19 Jan 1923 pg 5 | Price Kiwanis ...installed Dr. Sanford Ballinger treasurer |
| Ballinger, Sanford Dr. | News Advocate - 13 Nov 1919 pg 1 | Heads American Legion |
| Ballinger, Sanford Dr. | News Advocate - 4 Sep 1919 pg 3 | spent the week-end in Salt Lake on personal business |
| Ballinger, Sanford Dr. | News Advocate - 3 Oct 1918 pg 1 | Dr. Sanford graduated this spring from dental college |
| Ballinger, sons | News Advocate - 3 Oct 1918 pg 1 | Here are the four sons of County Treasurer A. Ballinger who are in army service |
| Ballinger, Stanley & Glen | Carbon County News - 5 Jan 1912 pg 3 | ...went to Helper Monday night to attend the dance |
| Ballinger, Stanley | Carbon County News - 23 May 1912 pg 8 | Local representative of the Continental Oil Company was a business visitor in Salt Lake |
| Ballinger, Stanley | Carbon County News - 10 Oct 1912 pg 10 | Married In Zion |
| Ballinger, Stanley | Carbon County News - 5 Dec 1912 pg 1 | Reception for Bride & Groom |
| Ballinger, Stanley | CCN, Oct 28, 1913 pg 5 | Mrs. S.B. & sister, Miss Fauts entertained twenty-eight lady friends at bridge... |
| Ballinger, Stanley | EUA - 5 Feb 1915 pg 5 | has decided to launch out in the automobile and garage business |
| Ballinger, Stanley | EUA - 26 Mar 1915 pg 5 | Local Haynes Agent Tells of Remarkable Motor |
| Ballinger, Stanley | EUA - 9 Apr 1915 pg 5 | returned Tuesday from Salt Lake with his Light Six Haynes car. |
| Ballinger, Stanley | EUA - 28 May 1915 pg 5 | entertained at a dinner party Sunday |
| Ballinger, Stanley | On The Front Line 24 Jul 1918 & My Files book G pg 107 | My Darling wife... |
| Ballinger, Stanley | News-Advocate, Price, UT Aug 22, 1918 & My Files book G pg 107 | PRICE MAN IS IN REAL WARM PLACE |
| Ballinger, Stanley | News Advocate 24 Oct 1918 pg 4 & My Files book G pg 107 | What Soldier Boys are doing |
| Ballinger, Stanley A. | The News Advocate - 19 Jun 1919 | Sergeant Stanley A. Ballinger arrived in New York Saturday |
| Ballinger, Stanley A. | News Advocate - 26 Jun 1919 pg 1 | Local Boys in Army well liked |
| Ballinger, Stanley Mrs. | Carbon County News - 28 Oct 1913 pg 5 | & sister entertained twenty-eight lady friends at bridge at the Fouts home |
| Ballinger, Stanley Mrs. | 1913 Carbon County News | was one of the prize winners in the Tribune Book Lover's Contest |
| Ballinger, Zera | EUA - 20 Oct 1904 pg 5 | brother to Alpha Ballinger left for his home yesterday |
| Ballinger, Zera | EUA - 13 Oct 1904 pg 5 | of Gibsonville, Idaho came to visit brother |
| Earl, Zelpha | Carbon County News - 5 Apr 1912 pg 1 | living with Miss Anna Sharp |
| Fouts, Alice | Carbon County News - 29 Aug 1912 pg 7 | graduate of Price Academy will learn book keeping, typewriting & stenography |
| Fouts, Jessie | Carbon County News - 12 Jan 1912 pg 3 | has been quite weak with tonsilitis |
| Price Trading Co. | EUT - 15 Jan 1891 pg 4 | The new store building of the Price Trading Co. is nearly complete |
| Price Trading Company | EUT - 25 Dec 1891 pg 1 | The youngest of our business houses; is not yet 13 months old. |