Royal is a

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that existed in the early 1900s as a small

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town in Carbon County,

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. Originally called Bear Canyon, the town was renamed Cameron, Rolapp, and finally ''Royal'' when the Royal Coal Company purchased it, changing names each time a new owner took over. All that remains of Royal today are some stone walls, a couple of the mines, and a miner's dwelling. These remnants can be seen in Price Canyon. The historian and author Helen Z. Papanikolas was born here in 1917, during which time the town was known as Cameron.

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