As winter sends frosty fingers through the streets of the quaint town of Bramwell, West Virginia, holiday lights seemingly lift the chill and the spirit with a reminder of the hamlet’s roots in coal mining when workers unearthed that fossil fuel used to warm such cold days and the gentry became wealthy. Located on a peninsula on the misty Bluestone River in southern West Virginia, this could be any other small southern town, but Bramwell, once known as the “Town of the Millionaires,” has a colorful history of Coal Barons, political ambition, money, and the burgeoning American Industrial Revolution. Those deep roots are celebrated with an annual Christmas tour of homes, taking visitors back to an era of elegance and prosperity.