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GREAT FALLS

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 398 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GREAT FALLS , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Cascade county, See also:Montana, U.S.A., 99 m. (by See also:rail) N.E. of See also:Helena, on the S. See also:bank of the See also:Missouri See also:river, opposite the mouth of the See also:Sun river, at an See also:altitude of about 3300 ft. It is ro m. above the Great Falls of the Missouri, from which it derives its name. Pop. (1890) 3979; (1900) 14,930, of whom 4692 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 13,948. It has an See also:area of about 8 sq. m. It is served by the Great See also:Northern and the Billings & Northern (See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy See also:system) See also:railways. The city has a splendid See also:park system of seven parks (about 530 acres) with 15 M. of boulevards.' Among the See also:principal buildings are a city See also:hall, See also:court See also:house, high school, commercial See also:college, See also:Carnegie library, the See also:Columbus See also:Hospital and Training School for Nurses (under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity), and the Montana See also:Deaconess hospital. There is a Federal See also:land See also:office in the city. Great Falls lies in the midst of a region exceptionally See also:rich in minerals—See also:copper, See also:gold, See also:silver, See also:lead, See also:iron, See also:gypsum, See also:limestone, sapphires and bituminous See also:coal being See also:mined in the neighbourhood. Much See also:grain is grown in the vicinity, and the city is an important See also:shipping point for See also:wool, live-stock and cereals. Near Great Falls the Missouri river, within 72 m., contracts from a width of about 900 to 300 yds. and falls more than 500 ft., the principal falls being"the See also:Black See also:Eagle Falls (50 ft.), from which See also:power is derived for the city's See also:street railway and See also:lighting plant, the beautiful See also:Rainbow Falls (48 ft.) and Great Falls (92 ft.).

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Giant See also:Spring Fall, about 20 ft. high, is a cascade formed by a spring on the bank of the river near Rainbow Falls. The river furnishes very valuable See also:water-power, partly utilized by large manufacturing establishments, including See also:flour See also:mills, See also:plaster mills, breweries, iron See also:works, See also:mining machinery shops, and smelting and reduction works. The See also:Boston & Montana copper smelter is one of the largest in the See also:world; it has a See also:chimney stack Sob ft. high, and in 1908 employed 1200 men in the smelter and 2500 in its mining See also:department. Great Falls ranked second (to See also:Anaconda) among the cities of the See also:state in the value of the factory product of 1905, which was $13,291,979, showing an increase of 42.4% since 1900. The city owns and operates its water-See also:supply system. Great Falls was settled in 1884, and was chartered as a city in 1888.

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