Royal is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
that existed in the early 1900s as a small
coal mining
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town in
Carbon County,
Utah
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,
United States
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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.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Utah
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Utah, a state of the United States.
Classification
Barren site
* Sites no longer in existence
* Sites that have been destroyed
* Covered with water
* Reverted to pasture
* May have a few dif ...
References
External links
Rolappat Ghost Town Stories
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Ghost towns in Carbon County, Utah
Company towns in Utah
Mining communities in Utah
Ghost towns in Utah