Tax List, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana Territory, 1867
Property taxes were the mainstay of local western governments and provide an index into an individual’s economic position. Although this list is only a partial tabulation, it can be used as a rough sample for the whole.
Subscription History, Tax List 1867, Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana, in “Lewis and Clarke County,” History of Montana, 1739–1885, by Michael Leeson (Chicago: Warner, Beers, 1885), 681–82, 685–86.