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Great Falls, Montana. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Cascade. Associated ZIP codes: 59401, 59403, 59404, 59405, 59406.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The Cascade County Attorney’s Office filed four charges for deceptive election practices against a man who allegedly forged signatur...
Montana’s annual 2 day deer hunt wrapped up on Sunday, ending another successful year of the tradition.
A wildfire that broke out near Great Falls, Montana, on a Friday afternoon sent smoke across the Electric City.
Staff Sgt. Brianna D. St. Lawrence-Brody was selected out of a list of top enlisted airmen who are active duty, with the Reserves or in the Air National Guard.
Billings Central knocked off two-time defending Class A boys state champion Dillon Saturday March 14, 2026, inside Great Falls' Four Seasons Arena. The Frenc...
Janicki Industries broke ground July 10 on an $800 million manufacturing campus in Great Falls, Montana, and marked the occasion with a gift carved close to...
The 10U Belgrade Black girls travel softball team won first place at the Montana Junior Olympic Fastpitch State Tournament in Great Falls on Sunday.
Several large-scale developments underway have the potential to generate momentum in one of Montana’s slowest-growing large cities.
A former Montana Public Service Commissioner will be the next to lead the federal government’s nonprofit northwest power marketer. Travis Kavulla, original...
Montana Stockgrowers Association members met in Great Falls for the 142nd MidYear Meeting to discuss policy, hear expert updates, and support industry programs.
Montana Stockgrowers Association members met in Great Falls for the 142nd MidYear Meeting to discuss policy, hear expert updates, and support industry programs.
Steele Harris, the top-ranked recruit in the state of Montana in the 2027 class, has announced his college commitment.
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Montana State University Extension will host Cattle Academy on Nov. 18-19 at the Custer County Event Center (72 Garryowen Road) in Miles City. The
Richland goes 5-0 in Billings, outscoring opponents 29-5 to capture the Junior Varsity championship at the Montana Coal Classic.
One of the trophy mule deer the man helped poach was from HD 270, with a Boone and Crockett score of over 197 inches. Four other trophy deer were involved.
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Great Falls is in Cascade County, Montana.
Region: Central Montana
59401, 59403, 59404, 59405, 59406
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Montana State University Extension will host Cattle Academy on Nov. 18-19 at the Custer County Event Center (72 Garryowen Road) in Miles City. The
Richland goes 5-0 in Billings, outscoring opponents 29-5 to capture the Junior Varsity championship at the Montana Coal Classic.
One of the trophy mule deer the man helped poach was from HD 270, with a Boone and Crockett score of over 197 inches. Four other trophy deer were involved.
No permanent settlements stood near Great Falls in prehistoric times, though the Salish hunted bison in the region seasonally. Around 1600 the Piegan Blackfeet, migrating west, pushed the Salish back into the Rockies and claimed the area, which remained Blackfeet territory long after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Great Falls of the Missouri River on June 13, 1805. The site later passed through the Nebraska Territory in 1854, the Dakota Territory in 1861, the Idaho Territory in 1863 and the Montana Territory in 1864, and became part of the state of Montana on November 8, 1889.
The city was the idea of Paris Gibson, a Maine-born entrepreneur who knew the railroad magnate James J. Hill from Minneapolis and was raising sheep at Fort Benton by the 1880s. He visited the falls in 1880 and saw the chance to build a major industrial city powered by their water. In 1883 he returned with his friend Robert Vaughn and surveyors and platted a town on the south side of the river, and the first citizen, Silas Beachley, arrived that year. With investment from Hill and the Helena businessman Charles Arthur Broadwater, houses, a store and a flour mill went up in 1884, and the post office opened on July 10, 1884, with Gibson as postmaster. By 1887 the town had 1,200 people, and the arrival of Hill's Great Northern Railway that October secured its future. Great Falls was incorporated on November 28, 1888. In 1890 ground was broken for a smelter at nearby Black Eagle, and a dam at Black Eagle Falls was completed, the first major hydroelectric project in Montana. Sources Wikipedia: Great Falls, Montana
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