Great Falls
Speech parts
1. Great Falls - Noun
2. Great Falls - Proper noun
Meaning
a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power
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About forty-five steamboat wrecks are scattered along these reaches of the river. citation citation Downstream from Great Falls, Montana, about convert of the river course through a rugged series of canyons and badlands known as the Missouri Breaks.
Approximately 63% of all Native people live off the reservations, concentrated in the larger Montana cities, with the largest concentration of urban Indians in Great Falls.
Great Falls of the Yellowstone", U.S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories (1874 - 1879) Photographer: William Henry Jackson Grinnell documented the poaching of buffalo, deer, elk, and antelope for hides.
A twelfth nation, the Little Shell Chippewa is a "landless" people headquartered in Great Falls ; it is recognized by the state of Montana but not by the U.S. government.
At Great Falls, a section of the Black Eagle Dam was dynamited to save nearby factories from inundation.
Great Falls has the highest percentage of African-Americans in its population, although Billings has more African American residents than Great Falls.sfn The Chinese in Montana, while a low percentage today, have historically been an important presence.