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Carroll College Helena, Helena skyline; Cathedral of Saint Helena; Montana State Capitol; Benton Avenue Cemetery; Original Montana Governor's Mansion; and Carroll College Flag of Helena, Montana Flag Official seal of Helena, Montana Location in Lewis and Clark County, Montana Location in Lewis and Clark County, Montana Country United States State Montana Elevation 3,875 (Helena Regional Airport) ft (1,181 m) Website City of Helena, Montana Helena / h l n / is the capital town/city of the U.S.
State of Montana and the governmental center of county of Lewis and Clark County. It was established as a gold camp amid the Montana gold rush, and was established in 1864.
Over $3.6 billion of gold was extracted in the town/city limits over a duration of two decades, making it one of the wealthiest metros/cities in the United States by the late nineteenth century.
The 2010 census put the populace at 28,190 and the Lewis and Clark County populace at 63,395. Helena is the principal town/city of the Helena Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lewis and Clark and Jefferson counties; its populace is 77,414 as stated to the 2015 Enumeration Estimate. Professional sports squads include the Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns Tier III Junior A hockey team.
The town/city is served by Helena Regional Airport (HLN).
The Helena region was long used by various indigenous citizens s.
Evidence from the Mc - Haffie and Indian Creek sites on opposite sides of the Elkhorn Mountains southeast of the Helena Valley show that citizens of the Folsom culture lived in the region more than 10,000 years ago. Before the introduction of the horse some 300 years ago, and since, other native citizens s, including the Salish and the Blackfeet, utilized the region cyclicly on their nomadic rounds. Helena, Montana in 1870 By the early 1800s citizens of European descent from the United States and British Canada began arriving to work the streams of the Missouri River watershed looking for fur-bearing animals like the beaver, undoubtedly bringing them through the region now known as the Helena Valley.
Gold strikes in Idaho Territory in the early 1860s thriving many migrants who initiated primary gold rushes at Grasshopper Creek (Bannack) and Alder Gulch (Virginia City) in 1862 and 1863 in the order given.
So many citizens came that the federal government created a new territory called Montana in May 1864.
Finally, a Scotsman titled John Summerville proposed Helena, which he pronounced /h li n / h -lee-n with respect to Helena Township, Scott County, Minnesota.
This immediately caused an uproar from the former Confederates in the room, who insisted upon the pronunciation / h l n / hel-i-n , after Helena, Arkansas, a town on the Mississippi River.
While the name "Helena" won, the pronunciation varied until approximately 1882 when the / h l n / hel-i-n pronunciation became dominant and has remained so to the present.
Later tales of the naming of Helena claimed the name came variously from the island of St.
Helena, where Napoleon had been exiled, or was that of a miner's sweetheart. Washburn, having been appointed Surveyor General of Montana in 1869, organized the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition in Helena to explore the regions that would turn into Yellowstone National Park.
Members of the expedition encompassed Helena residents: Truman C.
Assessor for the Montana Territory, Judge Cornelius Hedges - U.S.
Hauser - President of the First National Bank, Helena, Montana; later a Governor of the Montana Territory, Warren C.
Gillette - Helena merchant, Benjamin C.
- Helena merchant, Walter Trumbull - son of U.S.
Helena Cathedral.
By 1888, about 50 millionaires lived in Helena, more per capita than in any town/city in the world.
The Last Chance Placer is one of the most famous placer deposits in the United States.
Much of the placer is now under the streets and buildings of Helena.
Among the well-known small-town madams was Josephine "Chicago Joe" Airey, who assembled a grow company empire between 1874 and 1893, becoming one of the biggest and most influential landowners in Helena.
The brothels of Helena were a prosperous part of the small-town business improve well into the 20th century, ending with the 1973 death of Helena's last madam, "Big Dorothy" Baker.
The official motif of Helena is a drawing of "The Guardian of the Gulch", a wooden fire watch fortress assembled in 1886.
The Montana State Capitol building.
In 1889, barns magnate Charles Arthur Broadwater opened his Hotel Broadwater and Natatorium west of Helena.
Helena has been the capital of Montana Territory since 1875 and the state of Montana since 1889.
In 1902, the Montana State Capitol was completed.
Until the 1900 census, Helena was the most populated town/city in the state.
The Cathedral of Saint Helena and the Helena Civic Center are two of many momentous historic buildings in Helena.
When in Helena, most citizens visit the small-town walking mall.
The Archie Bray Foundation, an internationally famous ceramics center established in 1952, is positioned just northwest of Helena, near Spring Meadow Lake.
With the mountain peaks, Helena is the locale for much outside recreation, including hunting and fishing.
Helena is also known for its mountain biking.
Helena High School and Capital High School are enhance high schools positioned in the Helena School District No.
2001 astronaut photography of Helena Montana taken from the International Space Station (ISS) The iconic "Sleeping Giant" mountain formation positioned north of Helena Helena is positioned at 46 35 45 N 112 1 37 W (46.595805, 112.027031), at an altitude of 4,058 feet (1,237 m). Surrounding features include the Continental Divide, Mount Helena City Park, Spring Meadow Lake State Park, Lake Helena, Helena National Forest, the Big Belt Mountains, the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, Sleeping Giant Wilderness Study Area, Bob Marshall Wilderness, Scapegoat Wilderness, the Missouri River, Canyon Ferry Lake, Holter Lake, Hauser Lake, and the Elkhorn Mountains.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.39 square miles (42.45 km2), of which 16.35 square miles (42.35 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. Helena has a semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk), with long, cold and moderately snowy winters, hot and dry summers, and short springs and autumns in between.
The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 21.8 F ( 5.7 C) in December to 70.0 F (21.1 C) in July, with average diurnal temperature variation exceeding 30 F (17 C) in summer, due to the aridity and elevation.
Subzero (below 18 C) cold is observed 23 evenings per year, but is rarely extended, as is 90 F (32 C) heat, which occurs on 19 days annually. Extremes range from 42 F ( 41 C) to 105 F (41 C), occurring as recently as February 2, 1996 and July 12, 2002, in the order given.
Climate data for Helena Airport (1981 2010 normals), Montana In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Helena has a long record of economic stability with its history as being the state capital and being established in an region rich in silver and lead deposits.
Thirty-one percent of the city's workforce is made up of government positions with private zone jobs comprising 62 percent. According to the Helena Area Chamber of Commerce, the capital's median homehold income is $50,889, and its unemployment rate stood at 3.8% in 2013, about 1.2% lower than the rest of the state. Education is a primary employer, with two high schools and accompanying elementary and middle schools for K-12 students as well as Helena College.
Major private employers inside the town/city of Helena include Carroll College and the medical community.
Helena's economy is also bolstered by Fort William Henry Harrison, the training facility for the Montana National Guard, positioned just outside the city. Fort Harrison is also home to Fort Harrison VA Medical Center, where many Helena-area inhabitants work. Within Lewis and Clark County, there also remains one mineral refining plant and a several light manufacturing facilities, including a division of Boeing.
Carroll College, viewed from Mount Helena Helena College University of Montana, a two-year partner ground of The University of Montana, provides transfer, career, and technical education for more than 1,600 students.
List of schools in Helena, Montana Helena High School (1674) Helena Middle School (720) Central School (The first enhance school in Helena) Helena's Designated Market Area is 205th in size, as defined by Nielsen Media Research, and is the fifth smallest media market in the nation.
Helena Independent Record (daily, morning) Senator from Montana (1978-2014), and former U.S.
Mary Caferro, Montana State Senator Thomas Henry Carter, United States Senator from Montana Mike Cooney, Montana State Senator and former Montana Secretary of State Everts, Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Montana Territory, a position he held between July 15, 1864 and February 16, 1870 Rick Hill, United States Congressman from Montana Chuck Hunter, Montana State Senator Christine Kaufmann, Montana State Senator Collector of Internal Revenue (1864 69), Montana Territory and first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park Dave Lewis, Montana State Senator General Land Office and United States Senator from Wyoming Symes, United States Congressman from Colorado Walsh, United States Senator from Montana United States Enumeration Bureau.
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