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Helena is a ghost town in Texas, approximately 70 mi (110 km) southeast of San Antonio in Karnes County. The seat of Karnes County from 1854 to 1894, Helena was once known as the self-proclaimed "toughest town on earth" in the mid-19th century.
Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. [226] Indianola: Calhoun: Barren site, submerged Submerged under Matagorda Bay. [227] Indio: Starr/Presidio [228] Ireland: Coryell/Hamilton: Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Year 2000 population was 60. [229]
Pages in category "Ghost towns in South Texas" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... Helena, Texas; I. Indianola, Texas; Islitas, Texas; L.
The amount of the investment needed to reopen Ghost Town was noted in the documents as between $79-80 million for which "verbal commitments" from a "major Charlotte-area real estate investor" had ...
The new town, named for Colonel Henry Wax Karnes (1812–1840), veteran of the Texas Revolution and a leader of the Texas Rangers, [6] was a viable settlement by 1894, when the county voted to move its seat from Helena. Karnes City continued to grow, while Helena faded into a ghost town.
When Hurricane Helene battered Florida’s Gulf Coast this week, one of the hardest-hit areas was the small town of Steinhatchee, which was overwhelmed by a 10-foot storm surge and 140 mph winds ...
Pages in category "Ghost towns in Texas" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A U.S. Border Patrol agent whose killing in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border has been tied to a cultlike group is scheduled to be buried with full military honors Saturday at ...