Helena, Montana Helena, Montana Helena is the state capital of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and was established in 1864. Over $3.6 billion of gold was extracted in the city limits over a duration of two decades, making it one of the wealthiest cities in the United States by the late nineteenth century. The concentration of wealth contributed to the city's prominent, elaborate Victorian architecture. At the 2010 census Helena's population was 28,190, making it the fifth least populous state capital
The Saint Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud the chroniclers strove to be accurate, and on the whole succeeded." This journal, which consists of about twelve hundred printed pages, was not published until 1899. The Saint Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud The Saint Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud is a private journal written down by Gaspard Gourgaud as a result of his conversations with Napoleon I of France between June 1815 and March 1818 during the former's exile on Saint Helena. According to Lord Rosebery "The one capital and superior record of life at St. Helena is the private journal of General Gourgaud. It was written,