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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]
The Helena Historic District (HHD) is a federally designated historic district in Helena, Montana, United States. Since its establishment in 1972, the HHD has had boundary adjustments in 1990 and 1993. [2] [3] The original 1972 designation was composed of two unconnected sections known as "Downtown" and "West Residential". [3]
The name Montana comes from the Spanish word montaña, which in turn comes from the Latin word montanea, meaning "mountain" or more broadly "mountainous country". [11] [12] Montaña del Norte ('Northern Mountain') was the name given by early Spanish explorers to the entire mountainous region of the west. [12]
The Territory of Montana selects Helena as the third Territorial Capital. Helena remains the capital of Montana. 1872: March 1: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs An Act to set apart a certain tract of land lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River as a public park, creating Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park ...
July – Montana Stockgrowers Association established by major ranch owners to deal with rustling and vigilantism on the open range. [83] September 3 – The Anaconda Copper Mining Company opens a copper smelter in Anaconda, Montana. [84] September 11 – The Society of Montana Pioneers was founded in Helena. James Fergus was elected the first ...
Lewis and Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana.As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,973. [1] Its county seat is Helena, [2] the state capital. The numerical designation for Lewis and Clark County (used in the issuance of the state's license plates) is 5.
The post was first named Fort Harrison after the sitting President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, on 13 December 1892. [1] Some years later on 16 February 1906, the name was changed to Fort William Henry Harrison because it was discovered that there had already been an Army fort named for Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana .
Montana's Agony; Years of War and Hysteria, 1917-1921 (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1979). 174 pp. online; Lemon, Greg. Blue Man in a Red State: Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer and the New Western Populism (2008) Mills, David W. Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains (2015) Col War era; excerpt