THE LAND AND PEOPLE BEFORE SETTLEMENT
G.leographically Carbon County is almost rectangular-shaped and is situated in the east-central part of the state. Most of the inhabited areas are situated along the Price River. Presently Carbon County has four major communities: Helper, located at the mouth of Price Canyon about six mdes north of Price, an important radroad center throughout its history; Price, the county seat and home of the College of Eastern Utah; Wellington, primarily an agricultural community, located five mdes southeast of Price; and East Carbon City, made up of the old communities of Dragerton and Columbia, located along the southern slope of the Book Cliffs some twenty-five mdes east of Price in the southeastern part of the county. There are also three communities with smaller populations: Scofield, near the northwest corner of the county, situated in the western end of Pleasant Valley and adjacent to the Scofield Reservoir; Kendworth, located just a few miles east of Helper, a former coal mining camp that has continued because the company adowed people of the community to purchase lots and houses; and Sunnyside, another former coal mining camp, almost an adjunct to East Carbon City. Spring
