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Black Eagle Falls is the first in a series of five waterfalls which constitute the Great Falls of the Missouri River in the state of Montana in the United States. Before being dammed, water dropped 26.42 feet (8.05 m) over the falls.
Great Falls is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Cascade County.The population was 60,442 according to the 2020 census. [4] The city covers an area of 22.9 square miles (59 km 2) [5] and is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County.
The Great Falls were incorporated into the Idaho Territory on March 4, 1863, [58] and then into the Montana Territory on May 28, 1864. [35] It became part of the state of Montana upon that territory's admission to statehood on November 8, 1889. [35] The Great Falls of the Missouri River became the site of a permanent settlement in 1883.
Big Falls (also called Great Falls or Roar of Steam [1]) is a major waterfall located on the Missouri River in western Montana in the United States. It is the lowermost and largest of the Great Falls of the Missouri , at 87 feet (27 m) high and up to 900 feet (270 m) wide at peak flow.
Ryan Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Missouri River, 10 miles (16 km) downstream from the city of Great Falls in the U.S. state of Montana.The dam is 1,336 feet (407 m) long and 61 feet (19 m) high; its reservoir is 7 miles (11 km) long and has a storage capacity of 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3).
The water department was moved to the Wichita Tower as city offices at Memorial Auditorium were evacuated so the offices could undergo a $19 million renovation using the city's federal COVID-19 ...
Before that, the Blackfeet people utilized the springs as an easy-to-access water source in the winter. The springs were mostly ignored by settlers until 1884 when the town of Great Falls was established and the springs became the place for Sunday recreational activities. In the mid-1970s the park was established as a Montana State Park. [4]
Cascade County (cascade means waterfall in French) is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,414, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Montana. Its county seat is Great Falls. [2] Cascade County comprises the Great Falls, MT Metropolitan Statistical Area.