Beauty, Kentucky

During the early 1920s the community was the home of the Himler Coal Company, a cooperative mining venture conducted by a group of Hungarian immigrants.

A railroad was constructed, along with a bridge over the Tug River to transport supplies, lumber and coal in and out of Himlerville.

Himlerville had its own water reservoir and power station that gave electricity thus life to the town; it even had its own newspaper which was printed in both English and Hungarian.

"[2] In 1928, Himlerville Coal Company went bankrupt due to a devastating flood and Martin Himler left, leaving behind a mansion on the hill and his dream of an all Hungarian community.

Later on, the name of the town was changed to Beauty and very little remains of this once exclusive Hungarian community in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky.

Hungarian-American newspaper editor Martin Himler was the organizer of the Himler Mining Company project.
The Himler Coal Company as it appeared in its heyday in the early 1920s.
Location of Martin County, Kentucky