Cascade County, Montana (MT), United States, North America
Latitude
47°30'N
Longitude
111°17'W
Great Falls
, city (1990 pop. 55,097), Cascade co., N
central Mont., 2d largest city in the state, at the confluence of the
Missouri and Sun rivers and near the falls that give the city its name;
47°30'N 111°17'W. Ryan Dam site of Great Falls of the Missouri to
NE on Missouri R. As the center of extensive hydroelectric power
development, Great Falls is popularly called the “Electric City.”
There are a copper reduction plant and flour mills. The surrounding
area has deposits of coal, natural gas, silver, and lead. Mfg.
(printing and publishing, meat packing, feeds, fabricated metal prods.,
construction materials, consumer goods). The city is a market for an
irrigated farm and livestock district and for the Sun R. project. Great
Falls is also a wholesale and retail trade and service center. Great
Falls Internatl. Airport W of city. Charles M. Russell Mus. Complex,
includes paintings and log cabin studio, Paris Gibson Sq. Mus.,
Malmstrom Air Force Base Mus. Outside the city is Giant Springs, which
discharges a large flow of water through Roe R., “shortest river in
world” (201 ft/61 m long), into the Missouri R. The Univ. of Great
Falls and the Mont. School for the Deaf and Blind are in the city,
which also serves as the hq. for Lewis and Clark Natl. Forest; forest
to SE and E. Tourists are drawn to the annual rodeo and state fair.
Malmstrom Air Force Base (scheduled for closing in the late 1990s) is
to E. Benton L. Natl. Wildlife Refuge to N; Ulm Pishkun State Park to
W; Giant Springs Heritage State Park to NE. Inc. 1888.
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Cascade co., N
central Mont., 2d largest city in the state, at the confluence of the
Missouri and Sun rivers and near the falls that give the city its name;
47°30'N 111°17'W. Ryan Dam site of Great Falls of the Missouri to
NE on Missouri R. As the center of extensive hydroelectric power
development, Great Falls is popularly called the “Electric City.”
There are a copper reduction plant and flour mills. The surrounding
area has deposits of coal, natural gas, silver, and lead. Mfg.
(printing and publishing, meat packing, feeds, fabricated metal prods.,
construction materials, consumer goods). The city is a market for an
irrigated farm and livestock district and for the Sun R. project. Great
Falls is also a wholesale and retail trade and service center. Great
Falls Internatl. Airport W of city. Charles M. Russell Mus. Complex,
includes paintings and log cabin studio, Paris Gibson Sq. Mus.,
Malmstrom Air Force Base Mus. Outside the city is Giant Springs, which
discharges a large flow of water through Roe R., “shortest river in
world” (201 ft/61 m long), into the Missouri R. The Univ. of Great
Falls and the Mont. School for the Deaf and Blind are in the city,
which also serves as the hq. for Lewis and Clark Natl. Forest; forest
to SE and E. Tourists are drawn to the annual rodeo and state fair.
Malmstrom Air Force Base (scheduled for closing in the late 1990s) is
to E. Benton L. Natl. Wildlife Refuge to N; Ulm Pishkun State Park to
W; Giant Springs Heritage State Park to NE. Inc. 1888.
