Helena History

Published 1:57 pm Monday, April 25, 2016

Roebuck Mining Camp. This circa 1919 photo shows a typical mining camp house.

This particular house stood on Coalmont Road just before present-day Hillsboro Parkway.

Frank Wyatt

Wyatt (Contributed/City of Helena Museum)

Posing for the camera is Frank Wyatt who had just returned from World War I.

He died less than a year later as a result of being gassed during the war.

His family home still stands today on County Road 17 at the southern edge of Helena.