A railroad town named for the presence of 'helper' enginers, to help move loaded coal trains over nearby steep grades. Well known area for coal mining and railroading. ALso a location of singnificant labor strikes and activism in the pre-WWII period.

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References

The next time we strike: labor in Utah's coal fields, 1900-1933 By Allan Kent Powell, 1985.

From the ground up: the history of mining in Utah edited by Colleen Whitley, 2006.

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