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Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA



 


Notizen:
Wikipedia 2015:

Helena is the capital city of the U.S. State of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. The 2010 census put the population at 28,190 and the Lewis and Clark County population at 63,395. Helena is the principal city of the Helena Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lewis and Clark and Jefferson counties; its population is 76,850 according to the 2013 Census Estimate.

The local daily newspaper is the Independent Record. Professional sports teams include the Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns Tier III Junior A hockey team. The city is served by Helena Regional Airport (HLN).

History:

The area had long been occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. By the 19th century, European-American and Metis traders had long established trading relationships with regional Native American tribes.

The California gold rush attracted many migrants, with some passing through this area. They cast around for new areas to mine. On July 14, 1864, the discovery of gold by the "Four Georgians" in a gulch off the Prickly Pear valley led to the founding of the city here. Its main street is named Last Chance Gulch and lies close to the winding path of the original gulch. The historic downtown district developed around it.

he original camp was named "Last Chance" by the Four Georgians. By fall, the population had grown to over 200, and some considered the name "Last Chance" as too crass. On October 30, 1864, a group of at least seven self-appointed men met to name the town, authorize the layout of the streets, and elect commissioners. The first suggestion was "Tomah," a word the committee thought had connections to the local Indian people. Other nominations included Pumpkinville and Squashtown (as the meeting was held the day before Halloween). Other suggestions were to name the community after various Minnesota towns, such as Winona and Rochester, where many migrants had come from. Finally, a Scotsman named John Summerville proposed Helena, which he pronounced h?-LEE-n? in honor of Helena Township, Scott County, Minnesota. This immediately caused an uproar from the former Confederates in the room, who insisted upon the pronunciation 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 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,

The townsite was first surveyed in 1865 by Captain John Wood. However, many of the original streets followed the chaotic paths of the miners, going around claims and following the winding gulch. As a result, few city blocks are consistent in size; rather they have an irregular variety of shapes and sizes.

In 1870, Henry D. Washburn, having been appointed Surveyor General of Montana in 1869, organized the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition in Helena to explore the regions that would become Yellowstone National Park. Mount Washburn, located within the park, is named for him. Members of the expedition included Helena residents: Truman C. Everts - former U.S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, Judge Cornelius Hedges - U.S. Attorney, Montana Territory, Samuel T. Hauser - President of the First National Bank, Helena, Montana; later a Governor of the Montana Territory, Warren C. Gillette - Helena merchant, Benjamin C. Stickney Jr. - Helena merchant, Walter Trumbull - son of U.S. Senator Lyman Trumbull (Illinois) and Nathaniel P. Langford, then former U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Montana Territory. Langford helped Washburn organize the expedition and later helped publicize the remarkable Yellowstone region. In May 1872 after the park was established, Langford was appointed by the Department of Interior as its first superintendent.

By 1888, about 50 millionaires lived in Helena, more per capita than in any city in the world. They had made their fortunes from gold. About $3.6 billion (in today's dollars) of gold was taken from Last Chance Gulch over a 20-year period. The Last Chance Placer is one of the most famous placer deposits in the western United States. Most of the production occurred before 1868. Much of the placer is now under the streets and buildings of Helena. (As late as the 1970s, when repairs were being made to a bank, a vein of placer gold was found under the bank's foundation).

This large concentration of wealth was the basis of developing fine residences and ambitious architecture in the city; its Victorian neighborhoods reflect the gold years. The numerous miners also attracted the development of a thriving red light district. Among the well-known local madams was Josephine "Chicago Joe" Airey, who built a thriving business empire between 1874 and 1893, becoming one of the largest and most influential landowners in Helena. The brothels of Helena were a successful part of the local business community well into the 20th century, ending with the 1973 death of Helena's last madam, "Big Dorothy" Baker.

The official symbol of Helena is a drawing of "The Guardian of the Gulch", a wooden fire watch tower built in 1886. It still stands on "Tower Hill" overlooking the historic downtown district. This fire tower replaced a series of observation buildings, the original being a flimsy lookout stand built in 1870 on the same site, built in response to a series of devastating fires: April 1869, November 1869, October 1871, August 1872 and January 1874 that swept through the early mining camp.

Ort : Geographische Breite: 46.595805, Geographische Länge: -112.02703099999997


Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Brandner, Eugene James  28 Mrz 1927Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I197117
2 Davidson, Irene Elizabeth  23 Sep 1931Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I226370
3 Hieb, John  21 Aug 1915Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I74778
4 Williams, Hazel  19 Mrz 1933Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I30472

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Feldner, Carl W.  7 Dez 1986Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I144028
2 Gussner, George  Sep 1968Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I93616
3 Kercher, Carolina  1962Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I147938
4 Kercher, Conrad Andrew  9 Aug 1973Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I147940
5 Kraft, Alma  16 Dez 1988Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I17307
6 Matthews, Irvin  19 Apr 1965Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I17286
7 Reich, Frieda  2016Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I199506
8 Roemmich, Amelia  19 Jan 1941Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I17285
9 Weist, Henrietta Christina  6 Nov 2007Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I2030
10 Zimbelman, Gilbert Edward  2 Sep 2011Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA I512

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Kercher / Yochim  1929Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA F48469
2 Stoller / Mulske  12 Jan 1955Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA F75648