Helena
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...City (1990 pop. 24,569), state capital and seat of Lewis and Clark co., W central Mont., on the eastern slope...discovery of gold (1864) in Last Chance Gulch (now Helenas main street) and grew rapidly. In 1875 a general election ratified...