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Long battle over Montana capital move from Virginia City to Helena
The 1860s-1870s struggle to move the territorial capital from Virginia City to Helena spanned legislatures, elections, and court battles. After repeated votes, vetoes, and a key supreme court mandate, Helena finally obtained the capital with a Diamond R mule train transporting archives and buildings to the new seat.
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Montana
Old Virginia City
Helena
Bannack
Alder Gulch
Supreme Court
Washington
Virginia City
Social
Virginia
Legislative Assembly
Thomas Francis Meagher
Congress
Beaverhead County
Prickly Pear
Boulder
Sun Rivers
Rogers
Madison County
Mimms
Wyley
Deer Lodge County
Deer Lodge City
Chiles
Deer Lodge
Edgerton
Lewis and Clark
House
Council
Green Clay Smith
Beaverhead
Silver City
Jefferson County
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pompey
Billings
Salmon River
Panhandle
Idaho
N.C. Boswell
Word of Madison
Edgerton County
Smith
Missouri
Columbia
English
Orr
Meagher
Gallatin City
Gallatin
Jefferson
County of Lewis and Clark
Stewart
James Tufts
B. F. Potts
Annay of Chouteau
Ezekial
Madison
Bozeman
Rufe Arick
Ju.iiary Committee
Maillet
Aodersburg
Meagher County
Marshal Wheeler
Cooney, Marks and Stewart
Murray
T. E. Collins
A. M. Woodfolk
Sanders
Diamond City
Tim Collins
Collins
Woolfolk
Benedict Arnold
Judas Iscariot
Brutus
Tarquins
Calvary
Ward
Blake
Turner
Callaway
Alden
Diamond ‘R’ Company
Lewis and Clark County
Squire Wade
Gaffney’s
Crow Creek Divide
Radersburg
Blake Building
Broadway
Territorial Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
R. T. Merrick
James A. Garfield
Whileelena
Anaconda
Charles A. Broadwater
Territorial
Wilbur F. Sanders
James E. Callaway
Territory
Capitol
Grant
Llewellyn L. Callaway
Great Falls