Helena, Texas, United States
4.0 (13 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Karnes City Ghost Towns
ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING! Even though closed due to the virus, you can still look over the fencer
If you like history and old buildings, you will like Old Helena, even though during the pandemic you can't enter the grounds. It is located only a few miles north of Karnes City Courthouse, and is definitely worth stopping. The caretakers are very nice and friendly - they saw us walking around the fence line and taking photos, so they came to visit behind the fence, and handed us a brochure. You can walk around the fence line though, and you are able to look into the windows of the John Ruckman house in the back (official address of John Ruckman House is 526 County Road 300).
Address
Off U.S. 80 on FM 81 6 Miles North of Karnes City, Karnes City, TX 78118
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 18:48
User Ratings
4.0 based on (13 reviews)
Reviews
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5Safed1818 5:00 PM May 27, 2013
Helena: The Best Ghost Town in Texas
I visited Helena in April 2013 and was awe inspired by the quaint buildings, the museum and the house with the ghosts. Yes, real ghosts. But you have to know how to talk to them. I found out (through the ghost meter) an instrument that captures energy patterns and beeps when there is ghost activity. Anyway, seeing is believing...or hearing is believing. So my advice, hop on a plane, go to Helena, Texas and while you are there ask to buy a book by Barry Harrin called, Helena Texas The Toughest Town on Earth...Don't be too scared, just ask about the hanging tree where all the convicts were ...well...hanged. I flew in from Florida to visit friends and got more than my money's worth. You can too. I think I hear the ghosts now so I better go before they find me...
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3Storyteller6770 5:00 PM Dec 8, 2004
The historial home in Helena..
Greetings people,The little house in Helena by the musemn ,is the house my grandmother donated.My mother was born and raised in the house along with her 2 younger brothers.Every time my family and I come to Karnes city we go by there,and we stop and if the gated locked we just stand outside of the car and look at it.My mother is passed away and so is her younger brother and father,my uncle and grandmother who resides in karnes city are still around,and hopefully they will fill us in on some more history and the times about what it was like growing up in that house.I will send feedback of stories that they will share with us.So ,if anyone travels thro Runge,Pania maria,kennedy or Karnes City Texas,please that time to stop in Helena,Dont Blink cause you just might miss the very small town.
