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The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday that it has added 18 acres of public land to Helena’s South Hills.

The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday that it has added 18 acres of public land to Helena’s South Hills.

Editors note This story is the last in a three-part series about the discovery of gold in Helena. In 1864, prospectors later known as the Four Georgians discovered gold in Last Chance Gulch (now downtown Helena). The discoverers were John Cowan, D. J. Miller, John Crabb, and Reginald Stanley. Only Cowan was from Georgia. The other three came from Alabama (Miller), Iowa (Crabb), and England (Stanley). This raises a question. The favored explanation has the Four Georgians so called because they u...