CARBON CO., UTAH UTGenWeb

The following links are to articles that are included on the webpage. If you have a historical article or newspaper article that you would like to donate please contact Kathy Hamaker. Thank you.

Articles in Sun Advocate Newspaper

• Two Careers of Public Service - Jim Robertson by Richard Shaw - Thursday, October 5, 2006
• Carbon County's home grown Music Man - Jim Dart by Richard Shaw - Thursday, August 10, 2006
• A witness to history for 100 Years - John Escandon by Tom McCourt - Thursday, April 13, 2006
• For Those Who Served - Supplement to the Sun Advocate November 2005 This supplement includes the names and photographs of Carbon County residents who served in the military.
• A Band of Brothers - Bruce, Bud, Bob, Norman and Don Pike by Tom McCourt - Thursday November 10, 2005
• A lady for 100 Years - Lucille Wilcox Wimmer by Tom McCourt - Thursday, December 8, 2005 -
• History confirms new Flu's Potential to Impact Life - Tuesday November 8, 2005 - article tells about the flu epidemic in Carbon county during 1918.
• Helper alters city role in preserving historic buildings - Thursday August 4, 2005
• A Daughter of Pioneers - Edith Cato Johnston By Tom McCourt - Thursday, March 9, 2006
• Through the sights of a gunner - Emil Simone by Breana Tucker - Thursday, June 8, 2006

• December 1927 School Vacation
• Tokens Used in Carbon County
• Utah Fuel Company Wage Information - 1938
• Price Man obtains Strange Type of Wheat
• Cliff Dwelling Wheat by Keith Grames
• Geneva Coal Mine at Horse Canyon, Utah
• Other Coal Mine Accidents
• Return of Bodies from Overseas to Start this Year - Sun Advocate - Thursday, January 30, 1947
• Navy launches Utacarbon after WWI ends - The Sun Advocate, written by Richard Shaw, read the story about how Carbon County Utah names an U.S. Navy ship in 1919.
• Utacarbon contributes to Allied victory before Navy ship's demise - written by Richard Shaw - this is the rest of the story.

Castle Gate

• A Poem about Castle Gate - by Joanne Hyatt
• The Castle Gate Tunnel - Read what others have to say about the tunnel and then leave your thoughts and memories for others to read.
• Castle Gate Mine Disaster - from the Sun Advocate
• Castle Gate Mine Explosion written by Arva Smith. An account of the explosion told by Frances Cunningham in March 1985 to members of the Carbon County Historical Society.
• An essay about Castle Gate Cemetery
• Greek Miners Get their Due 81 years after their deaths. by Mike Gorrell, Salt Lake Tribune

Clear Creek

• The Clear Creek Ski Resort

Helper

• Balanced Rock and Victory Drum - by Charlotte Hamaker
• Destroyed by Fire - Helper Journal - 27 Aug 1964
• History of the Utah Railway
• Hamakers Railroad Photo Gallery
• Kirkhams Photo Gallery

Hiawatha

• Amusement Hall Information - newspaper articles

Minnie Maud

• Who is Minnie Maud Named After?

Price

• History Index of Information about Price
• Early Settlers of Price
• Price City Incorporation
• Price City Auditorium Time Capsule
• Where did the name come from? - by Richard Shaw, Staff reporter for Sun Advocate

Scofield

• Scofield Incorporation

Spring Canyon

• The White Lady of Spring Canyon, Utah
  
• Information about Maple Creek Coal Mine
  

Sunnyside

• Sunnyside Rock Asphalt Information

Winter Quarters Mine Explosion

• Mine Disaster In Carbon County Won't Be Forgotten
• Winter Quarters Mine Explosion - Sun Advocate by Joan Hunt and Winn Wendell
• Winter Quarters - A Lost Treasure by Keri Karpowitz
• Scofield Mine Disaster by Robert N. Reid (on different webpage)

GenDisasters - Events that Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

• Scofield, Utah Pleasant Valley Mine Disaster
• Spring Canyon, Utah Rains Mine Explosion

MSHA - Mine Safety and Health Administration

• MSHA - The Day 200 Miners Died 100 Years Ago - 1900 Winter Quarters No. 4 Mine Disaster Near Scofield, Utah - May 1, 1900

  Utah Education Network Webpage

  This webpage contains many articles about Carbon County including:

• Winter Quarters MineDisaster
• Castle Gate Mine Disaster
• Coal Mining in Utah
• Article and picture of the Finnish People in Winter Quarters

Utah State Historical Society - Archives and Records Service

• Castle Gate Mine Explosion - contains photos taken in Castle Gate after 8 Mar 1924.