Carbon County, Utah, Corridor - Dash Cam Trip

This will be a dash cam drive through the Carbon County, Utah, Corridor, starting at the old weigh in Price Canyon on US 6/191, and ending at East Carbon. We will go through the small cities of Helper, Price, Wellington and then to East Carbon. We will start traveling east on US 6/191 till we come to the junction with UT123 approximately 13 miles from the starting spot. We will then turn left onto UT123 and travel approximately 11 miles to East Carbon and to the end of UT123. This will give you an idea of what each small city looks like. The first city we come to will be Helper, a small town established back in the late 1800’s by the DRGW railroad. Helper was created as a rail yard to house the many locomotives that were used as helper engines for the coal trains to get over the steep grade in Price Canyon to Soldier Summit. The second city will be Price, a diverse city being the County seat. This is the hub location for Castle Country and the coal industry. The third town be come to will be Wellington, a small city with a population of approximately 1600 people. The community was settled in 1878 by a band of 13 Mormon settlers, led by Jefferson Tidwell and was named after Justus Wellington Seeley Jr. The fourth and final small city we will come to will be East Carbon, located at the base of the Book Cliff range, at the mouth of Whitmore Canyon. With a population of approximately 1600 people, East Carbon is one of the few last remaining coal camps of Carbon County. At one time it was considered a location for the County seat. East Carbon, what used to be called Dragerton, combined with Sunnyside and Columbia to form one entity. UT123 ends just past East Carbon at the mouth of Whitmore Canyon.