Guided Tour

Tour Beginning

Outside of Museum

• Sites of Helper
• Mine Equipment
• Museum Court Yard

Basement:

• Simulated Coal Mine
• Blacksmith & Machine Shops
• Early Police History

Main Floor:

• Lobby
• Model Train Display
• Lifestyles

Second Floor:

• Community
• Medical Life
• WPA paintings
• Winter Quarters Room

Third Floor:

• Railroad Rooms
• UMWA Room
• Disaster Room

Early Police History

These steps are from the Pleasant Valley Coal Company office in Castle Gate, where Butch Cassidy robbed the coal miners' payroll of $7,000.00 in gold on April 22, 1897.

This Jail Cell was removed from the main floor of the Helper City Hall in 1990. It had been in use for many years to lock up people who broke the law.

Bootlegging - Bootlegging is making and selling alcoholic beverages that had been outlawed. It was an early business in Carbon County during the years of prohibition (1920 - 1933). These stills were used to make whiskey and the grape crushers were used to make wine.