Sunset over Helen last night
Caught this from the ridge on my walk. Had to share — one of those skies that makes you stop.
Helen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 137 (down from 219 at the 2010 census). West Virginia Route 16, Winding Gulf and railroad tracks run right through the community. The Helen mine and coal camp was opened in the 1910s by the East Gulf Coal Company. Many years later, the mine was operated by the Koppers Coal company, which then became the Eastern Gas & Fuel - Coal Division, and even later Eastern Associated Coal Company. Eastern Associated operated the Helen mine into the 1980s.
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