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HELENA , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Lewis and See also:Clark county, See also:Montana, U.S.A., and the See also:capital of the See also:state, at the E. See also:base of the See also:main range of the Rocky Mountains, 8o m. N.E. of See also:Butte, at an See also:altitude of about 4000 ft. Pop. (188o) 3624; (1890) 13,834; (1900) 10,770, of whom 2993 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 12,515. It is served by the See also:Great See also:Northern and the Northern Pacific See also:railways. Helena is delightfully situated with Mt Helena as a background in the hollow of the Prickly See also:Pear valley, a See also:rich agricultural region surrounded by See also:rolling hills and lofty mountains, and contains many See also:fine buildings, including the state capitol, county See also:court See also:house, the Montana See also:club house, high school, the See also:cathedral of St Helena, a federal See also:building, and the See also:United States assay See also:office. It is the seat of the Montana Wesleyan University (Methodist Episcopal), founded in 1890; St Aloysius See also:College and St See also:Vincent's See also:Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic); and has a public library with about 35,000 volumes, the Montana state library with about 40,000 volumes, and the state See also:law library with about 24,000 volumes. The city is the commercial and See also:financial centre of the state (Butte being the See also:mining centre), and is one of the richest cities in the United States in proportion to its See also:population. It has large railway See also:car-shops, extensive smelters and See also:quartz crushers (at See also:East Helena), and various manufacturing establishments; the value of the factory product in 19o5 was $1,309,746, an increase of 68.9 % over that of 'goo. The surrounding See also:country abounds in See also:gold- and See also:silver-bearing quartz deposits, and it is estimated that from the famous Last See also:Chance Gulch alone, which runs across the city, more than $40,000,000 in gold has been taken. The See also:street railway and the See also:lighting See also:system of the city are run by See also:power generated at a plant and 40 ft. See also:dam at See also:Canyon See also:Ferry, on the See also:Missouri See also:river, 18 m. E. of Helena.

There is another great power plant at See also:

Hauser Plant, 20 m. of Helena. Three See also:miles W. of the city is the Broadwater Natatorium with See also:swimming See also:pool, 300 ft. See also:long and See also:loo ft. wide, the See also:water for which is furnished by hot springs with a temperature at the source of 16o°. Fort See also:Harrison, a United States See also:army See also:post, is situated 3 M. W. of the city. Helena was established as a placer mining See also:camp in 1864 upon the See also:discovery of gold in Last Chance Gulch. The See also:town was laid out in the same See also:year, and after the organization of Montana Territory it was designated as the capital. Helena was burned down in 1869 and in 1874. It was chartered as a city in 1881.

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