[4] East Carbon was incorporated on July 23, 1973, from the merger of the two struggling mining towns of Dragerton and Columbia.

East Carbon City began in the fall of 1942 when the U.S. government – through the Defense Plant Corporation – awarded a contract to the W.E.

Ryberg-Strong-Grant Corporation of Springville, Utah to develop the town at a planned cost of $5 million, to house coal miners working in the mines of the Geneva Steel mill and their families.

Drager, chief engineer for the Defense Plant Corporation, who was raised in Utah and later moved to Washington, D.C. On September 9, 1942, the Post Office moved into its new building, and during the ceremonies, Postmistress Agnes Scow announced the U.S Post Office Department would not allow the name of Drager.

It contended that Drager was too similar to the name Draper (another Utah community) and would create confusion and delays in mail delivery.

A selected group of citizens gathered in the school auditorium to discuss a new name from the proposals of "Dragerville", "Dragervale" or "Drager Town" offered by the Post Office Department.

The school was placed on land within the Sunnyside city limits that bordered Dragerton.

The name selected was East Carbon High School, and the mascot was a Viking.

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