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Follows the continuing story of teacher Elizabeth Thatcher, widow Abigail Stanton, Constable Jack Thornton and the other residents of the 19th century Canadian coal mining company town of Coal Valley.

"When Calls the Heart" tells the captivating story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow), a young teacher accustomed to her high society life, who receives her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley, a small coalmining town where life is simple, but often fraught with challenges. Lori Loughlin plays Abigail Stanton, a wife and mother whose husband, the foreman of the mine, along with a dozen other miners, has just been killed in an explosion. The...

Lesser known than the gold and silver mines of Western lore, Southern Colorado's extensive coal mines fueled the engines for Western industrialization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the numerous companies operating the mines, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was king. With a total of 62 mines, the majority of them in Colorado's Las Animas, Huerfano, and Fremont Counties, CF&I ruled the lives of countless miners in company towns...

Elizabeth is determined to clear her name and get her job back. With the help of Abigail and the support of the children, the odds are looking good for Elizabeth to return as the schoolteacher. However, Jack receives some troubling news that forces him to make a very important decision with significant consequences to his relationship with Elizabeth.

Elizabeth is still dealing with Jack's departure to the Northern Territories when problems closer to home arrived, this time in the form of two new students. Chad and Earl are Ray Wyatt's nephews and are rude and condescending to Elizabeth. Eventually, they even vandalize the school. Meanwhile, Abigail is trying to keep her cafe up and running despite Wyatt stealing customers by opening up a commissary at the railroad and forces his men to eat there....

Jack and Elizabeth make the exciting announcement that they are going to get married. However, Rosemary takes the news too well, trying to plan a wedding for Elizabeth that is far more extravagant than the one she and Jack really want. Jack and Elizabeth are just about to be done with the whole affair and run off and elope, until they realize that celebrating this occasion is important to the whole community of Hope Valley.

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young teacher who left her life of high society to teach out west in Coal Valley, a small mining town. Despite the challenges that now face her, Elizabeth finds her work fulfilling and even finds herself falling for the handsome constable Jack Thornton. However, when both of their siblings are in an accident, a rift forms between Jack and Elizabeth.

Following the adventures of young school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher, Mountie Jack Thornton, and the entire town of Hope Valley as they struggle to establish their lives in the Canadian Frontier.

Elizabeth gets to know Lucas better when he surprises her with a grand gesture. However, his past comes back to haunt him, and Elizabeth must choose between him and Mountie Nathan at the Founders' Day Festival dance.