Fire Losses, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana Territory, 1874
Fire was a constant danger in many western towns, and Helena was no exception; it suffered devastating fires in 1869, 1871, and 1874. Taken from a subscription history, this partial list enumerates resident losses in the fire.
Subscription History, “Fire Losses, 1874, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana,” in “Lewis and Clarke County,” History of Montana, 1739–1885, by Michael Leeson (Chicago: Warner, Beers, 1885): 717–18.