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Museums Attractions In Helper

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Helper is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, about 110 miles southeast of Salt Lake City and 7 miles northwest of the city of Price. It is known as the Hub of Carbon County. The population was 2,201 at the 2010 census. The city is located along U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 191, a shortcut between Provo and Interstate 70, on the way from Salt Lake City to Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the location of the Western Mining and Railroad Museum, a tourist attraction that also contains household and commercial artifacts illustrating late 19th and early 20th-century living conditions. While the city revenue has fluctuated in recent years, traffic ticket...
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  • 1. Western Mining & Railroad Museum Helper
    The Western Mining and Railroad Museum is a railroad museum and mining museum located in Helper, Utah, United States, 120 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The museum is housed in the Old Helper Hotel building, built in 1913–1914.
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  • 2. Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum Price
    Utah State University Eastern is a public regional college within the Utah State University system. The USU Eastern main campus is located in Price, Utah, United States and a satellite location known as the Blanding Campus is located in Blanding, Utah. Founded as Carbon College in 1937, the college joined the University of Utah system in 1959 for 10 years and was renamed College of Eastern Utah . In 1969, the Utah System of Higher Education was created ending the relationship between the University of Utah and CEU. CEU entered the USU system on July 1, 2010 and is currently called Utah State University Eastern. With more than 60 degree programs, the college focuses on technical, vocational, and associate degree programs. The Gene Tobey Memorial Art Scholarship is one of three scholarships ...
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  • 3. John Wesley Powell River History Museum Green River
    John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the U.S. Geological Survey and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. He became the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution during his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications.
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