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Great Falls

Great Falls is known as the “Electric City” because of its numerous dams and power plants. Montana's third largest city is located on the Missouri River among the five falls that were both a magnificent spectacle and formidable barrier to early river travel. This area held great significance for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The explorers were forced to spend nearly a month portaging around the falls in June 1805. Much of the Missouri River in this area remains as it was when Lewis and Clark first viewed it over 200 years ago.

You can find contemporary art at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, named for the founder of Great Falls. This beautiful building was originally built in 1895 and constructed from sandstone quarried near Helena. It has an ornate interior and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The museum also houses the Museum Cafe, museum gift shop and a branch of the Montana Wilderness Association. Great Falls was also the home of the famed cowboy artist Charlie Russell, whose original home and log studio are now part of the C. M. Russell Museum Complex.

A look at our area's homesteader and cowboy past can be found at the Cascade County Historical Society Museum in the High Plains Heritage Center. There you will also find the Great Falls Geneology Society Library. Also stop by The Cowboys' Museum, which takes a look at what Montana was like during the days of those unsung heroes—the cowboys, stockmen and pioneers. The museum is housed in an authentic log cabin with double fireplaces and hitching posts. It is filled with Old West relics—branding irons, rawhide ropes and, ox yokes. More than 500 mementos are on display.

Great Falls is the site of Malmstrom Air Force Base, the center of our nation's first Minuteman Missile Complex. The museum explains the history of the base, from its role in World War II to the present. Displays at the air park include a “Huey” helicopter, a Stratotanker used for in-flight refueling, a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile and many aircraft used as fighters and bombers.

Discover the magic, history and beauty of Great Falls while on the Great Falls Historic Trolley or Tour de Great Falls. You'll see and hear about the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Indians of the region, Giant Springs State Park, C. M. Russell Museum Complex, historic downtown Great Falls, Three waterfalls, Paris Gibson Square, historic railroad area, Historic Home District, churches, saloons and other historic buildings.

Get out there and do something.

Montana is filled with adventurous possibilities: rafting, hiking, horseback riding, rock climbing, mountain biking, you get the idea.


Information: Montana Tourism