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  2. Helena Historic District (Helena, Montana) - Wikipedia

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    Helena was initially founded in the downtown section. On July 14, 1864 four miners, dubbed the "Four Georgians" (though only one was from Georgia), discovered gold in a creekbed along what today is Helena's downtown main street, Last Chance Gulch. [4] This sparked a cultural and building boom that lasted 30 years and Helena became the state ...

  3. Helena, Montana - Wikipedia

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    Helena (listen ⓘ; / ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the seat of Lewis and Clark County. [4] Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and established on October 30, 1864. [5] Due to the gold rush, Helena became a wealthy city, with approximately 50 millionaires inhabiting

  4. Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site, 1883 - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site is the location of the golden spike ceremony for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway (NP) in 1883. The site is located near Gold Creek in Powell County, Montana off of Interstate 90, [2] approximately 59 miles (95 km) southeast of Missoula and 40 miles (64 km) west of Helena.

  5. Four Georgians - Wikipedia

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    The Four Georgians were a group of gold prospectors who are traditionally credited for discovering the Last Chance placer gold strike of Helena, Montana. They were John Cowan, D. J. Miller, John Crab, and Reginald (Robert) Stanley. Of the four, the only actual Georgian was Cowan, who hailed from Acworth, Georgia. [1]

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Montana

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    This is a list of properties and historic districts in Montana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state's more than 1,100 listings are distributed across all of its 56 counties .

  7. Montana Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Montana Trail was a wagon road that served gold rush towns such as Bannack, Virginia City and later Helena during the Montana gold rush era of the 1860s and 1870s. Miners and settlers all traveled the trail to try to find better lives in Montana. The trail was also utilized for freighting and shipping supplies and food goods to Montana from ...

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  9. Confederate Gulch and Diamond City - Wikipedia

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    The gold-bearing gravel deposit was about 8 feet (2.4 m) deep in most places, but thickened to 30 or 40 feet (9.1 or 12.2 m) against the mountain. [6] The few acres of the Montana Bar were freakishly rich in gold. It was claimed that the gravels of the Montana Bar were some of the richest ever washed, anywhere. [8]