One of the most beautiful cities of the Midwest and also one of the most charming, Helena , Montana's capital is one of the first cities where the Gold Rush originated. Even today it is best remembered and also referred to as the Queen City . One of the sparsely populated of US cities, Helena has developed today as a hot tourist destination with the wide diversities it has to offer to a tourist. Helena holds due significance in administration because it is the place where Montana's State Capitol building is located. Helena is also the county seat of the neighboring Clark and Lewis counties.
The discovery of gold along the Last Chance Creek by 4 miners from Georgia was instrumental in establishing this city on October 30, 1864. To celebrate the city's rich past the main street running through Helena has been named Last Chance Gulch which travels past the creek where gold was discovered. The original miners and settlers of Helena decided upon the name Helena in honor of the city of Saint Helena in Minnesota. The streets and major roads of Helena still remind one of the Helena's gold days as most follow the route of the miners.
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There were about 50 millionaires residing in Helena as back as 1888 and the city enjoyed a per capita income which was unparalleled in the whole of USA. In the following years the Last Chance Gulch was drained off a major chunk of gold by them. The original placer has turned to ruins and has been buried under roads and buildings.
Helena is blessed with unique natural beauty with a wide array of mountains ranges enveloping it and the huge Missouri river flowing close by. Nonetheless the Saint Paul Cathedral is the most attractive of Helena's attractions towering high above the city's skyline. The great divide Ski Area draws numerous tourists each year beside the Canyon Ferry Lake is also is quite famous for the numerous adventurous activities it allows tourists.
The city has a very reputed technology college affiliated with the University of Montana. Helena has been the homeland of many popular and respectable personalities of the USA.
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