To encourage our readers to visit this year’s winners of our Top 10 True Western Towns award announced in Jan/Feb, each issue will showcase the local flavor at one of these towns. The arrival of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway in 1881-82 helped Helper, Utah, fully develop. When the railroad changed the line from narrow to standard gauge in 1889, “helper” locomotives stood ready to aid trains traveling up the steep grade to Soldier Summit, which is how Helper got its name. Toda
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