Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls
Nickname : The Electric City
Great Falls at night
Location in Montana
Basic data
Foundation :	1883
State :	United States
State :	Montana
County :	Cascade County
Coordinates :	47 ° 30 ′  N , 111 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′  N , 111 ° 17 ′  W
Time zone :	Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents :	59,178 (as of 2016)
Population density :	1,171.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	51.6 km 2  (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 50.5 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	1015 m
Postcodes :	59401-59406
Area code :	+1 406
FIPS :	30-32800
GNIS ID :	0802113
Website :	www.greatfallsmt.net
Mayor :	Michael Winters

Aerial view of Great Falls and the Missouri River

Great Falls is a city in the center of the US state Montana in the United States . It is the seat of the county seat of Cascade County and is located on the Missouri River .

Great Falls was the third largest city in Montana in 2016 with a population of over 59,000. It occupies an area of 51.6 km² .

The name Great Falls comes from the Great Falls of the Missouri River . The water falls around 150 meters in a series of rapids and five waterfalls within the city limits . Since the water is also used for hydropower plants, it can happen that the falls are temporarily dry. 25 miles downstream begins the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument , a sanctuary that stretches for 150 miles along the Missouri. Not far from the city, in Giant Springs State Park, there is also what is believed to be the world's shortest river, the Roe River .

Malmstrom Air Force Base , on which ICBMs are stationed, is located near Great Falls . The military base is the largest missile base in the western hemisphere.

Great Falls is the seat of the Great Falls-Billings Diocese .

history

In prehistoric times, the ice reservoir Lake Great Falls, named after the city, was located on the site of today's Great Falls .

The Great Falls area has long been inhabited by indigenous peoples , particularly Blackfoot Indians. In the summer of 1805, the discoverers of the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the great waterfalls.

In May 1882, Paris Gibson came to the Great Falls and planned to build a city. He was financially supported by James J. Hill , President of the Great Northern Railway . The place was finally founded in 1884, and the first railroad pulled into the station in 1887. In 1950, Great Falls was the largest city in Montana.

In contrast to eleven Indian tribes in Montana, which were recognized by the federal government and established for the seven reservations , a group of over 500 landless members of the Chippewa and the Cree hired themselves out as migrant workers on farms. Their leader, Joseph (Joe) Dussome, took part of this group to a hill near Great Falls that was later called Hill 57 . In 1927 he founded a tribe called The Abandoned Band of Chippewa Indians , in 1934 he was called The Landless Indians of Montana - the landless Indians of Montana. An attempt by the government to acquire a small piece of land near Great Falls failed due to resistance from townspeople. After several attempts since 1978, the tribe initially received recognition from the state of Montana in 1991 and recognition from the federal government as a Little Shell Tribe in 2019 .

Personalities

The painter Charles M. Russell (1864–1926) lived and died in Great Falls.

sons and daughters of the town

• Scott Davis (born 1972), figure skater
• Missy Gold (born 1970), actress
• Jay L. Johnson (born 1946), US Navy Admiral and 26th Chief of Naval Operations from 1996 to 2000
• Brian Lynch (born 1978), basketball player
• Hugh Mitchell (1907-1996), US Senator
• Gerald R. Molen (* 1935), film producer and film actor
• Victoria Paris (* 1965 or 1966), porn actress
• Tera Patrick (* 1976), model and porn actress
• William V. Roth (1921-2003), US Senator
• R. Gordon Wasson (1898–1986), international banker, amateur mycologist, and author
• Irving L. Weissman (* 1939), physician, immunologist, cancer researcher and stem cell pioneer
• Lones Wigger (1937–2017), Olympic shooting champion
• Ian Joe Dutch , longboarder

Climate table

Great Falls, Montana
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     23   -1 -11     15th   3 -8th     28   7th -5     36   13 0     64   18th 5     61   24 9     32   29 12     39   28 11     32   21st 6th     20th   15th 2     17th   6th -4     22nd   1 -10 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Great Falls, Montana Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −0.8 3.1 6.5 12.9 18.4 23.7 28.5 27.6 20.9 15.2 6.4 0.6 O 13.6 Min. Temperature (° C) −11.3 −8.2 −5.1 −0.1 4.9 9.2 11.8 11.2 6.4 2.1 −4.3 −9.7 O 0.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 23.1 14.5 27.9 35.8 64.0 60.7 31.5 39.1 31.5 19.8 16.8 21.6 Σ 386.3 Rainy days ( d ) 6.1 4.2 6.4 6.3 8.4 7.5 5.1 5.4 5.2 3.9 4.0 5.8 Σ 68.3 Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce

Web links

Commons : Great Falls (Montana)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Wikivoyage: Great Falls (Montana)  - Travel Guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Verne Dusenberry: Waiting For A Day That Never Comes. (No longer available online.) In: littleshelltribe.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017 ; accessed on August 10, 2018 . 
2. ^ State of Montana: Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. Retrieved August 10, 2018 (American English). 
3. ↑ Great Falls Tribune: 'The day that never comes finally came': Little Shell community reacts to federal recognition , December 20, 2019