Hillerville Mansion
In the mountains of Eastern Kentucky once existed the Hugarian community of Himlerville. In a way the house was so creepy, but also beautiful. I never understood why no one lived there. As I grew older everyone around town had the myth that the old house was hunted. No one ever knew much about it just thought it was a big house on the hill. All this took place because of one man, Martin Himler a Hungary immigrant. Himler was a hard-working man and had a vision and the ambition to become successful. He arrived in America on May seventh, 1907. With as little as nine cents in his pocket, and two goals in his mind, he was only eighteen years old when he stepped onto America soil. He already knew that he wanted to fulfill his goal of making a living in Americas free enterprise system and serving America to the best of his capabilities. (Dave Tabler) Mr. Himler’s first job in America was working in the coalmines of WV and PA. After that he worked as a peddle to coal mining towns, as Martin always said, for miners by miners.” (Magyar Banyaszlap, Hungarian Miners Journal) …show more content…
He penned the first issue of Magyar Banyaszlap while he was waiting for his peddling customers at Holden, WV mine. While being self-supporting within five months and soon had a following of 60,000 miners. Some of the issues were published in English and Hungarian. All the success inspired his life long career in journalism. He and two of his Hungarian coal mining friends, Joseph Harkel and Louis Hajnal, with four other Hungarian miners, opened a coal company signed a fifty-year lease with buck creek coal company for 2,000 acres of coal property located in martin county, Kentucky. (Kyle
In the mountains of Eastern Kentucky once existed the Hugarian community of Himlerville. In a way the house was so creepy, but also beautiful. I never understood why no one lived there. As I grew older everyone around town had the myth that the old house was hunted. No one ever knew much about it just thought it was a big house on the hill. All this took place because of one man, Martin Himler a Hungary immigrant. Himler was a hard-working man and had a vision and the ambition to become successful. He arrived in America on May seventh, 1907. With as little as nine cents in his pocket, and two goals in his mind, he was only eighteen years old when he stepped onto America soil. He already knew that he wanted to fulfill his goal of making a living in Americas free enterprise system and serving America to the best of his capabilities. (Dave Tabler) Mr. Himler’s first job in America was working in the coalmines of WV and PA. After that he worked as a peddle to coal mining towns, as Martin always said, for miners by miners.” (Magyar Banyaszlap, Hungarian Miners Journal) …show more content…
He penned the first issue of Magyar Banyaszlap while he was waiting for his peddling customers at Holden, WV mine. While being self-supporting within five months and soon had a following of 60,000 miners. Some of the issues were published in English and Hungarian. All the success inspired his life long career in journalism. He and two of his Hungarian coal mining friends, Joseph Harkel and Louis Hajnal, with four other Hungarian miners, opened a coal company signed a fifty-year lease with buck creek coal company for 2,000 acres of coal property located in martin county, Kentucky. (Kyle