Helena - Idaho Ghost Town

HELENA

NAME: Helena
COUNTY: Adams
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Cool winter/snow and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall, Spring, Summer.

COMMENTS: Worth the trip.
REMAINS: Some original buildings.

Helena is worth the trip. Located at the upper end of twenty-two mile long Kleinschmidt Grade, the visitor will experience a breathtaking view from Kinney Point plus magnificent scenery along the way. Once known as the Town of the Seven Devils, Helena was renamed by a group of miners from Montana, which explains the logic for the new name. The town was home to copper mines called Helena, the White Monument and the Peacock, so named for the beautiful blue coloration in the copper ore. There are several log buildings that remain and others in various stages of decay. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Helena is worth the trip. Located at the upper end of twenty-two mile long Kleinschmidt Grade, the visitor will experience a breathtaking view from Kinney Point plus magnificent scenery along the way. Once known as the Town of the Seven Devils, Helena was renamed by a group of miners from Montana, which explains the logic for the new name. The town was home to copper mines called Helena, the White Monument and the Peacock, so named for the beautiful blue coloration in the copper ore. There are several log buildings that remain and others in various stages of decay.

Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

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