Rails Around Helper (Images of America) ROAD TRIP Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons

Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons

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Rails Around Helper (Images of America) ROAD TRIP Little and Big Cottonwood CanyonsBy: SueAnn Martell and the Western Mining and Railroad Museum In 1880, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was hard pressed to find a suitable rail route from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City. With the coal deposits of eastern Utah luring them on, railroad officials chose a difficult route over Soldier Summit. The railroad established the town where "helper" engines were attached to the heavy trains, and Helper grew into a division point with branch