Explore Great Falls, Montana

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 190 years ago.

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center, opened in 1998, is a grand addition to the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. On the bluffs above the Missouri River, the interpretive center provides an ideal view of terrain similar to what the Corps of Discovery encountered along their portage of the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

Great Falls is home to the C. M. Russell Museum, the University of Great Falls, Giant Springs, the Roe River (worlds shortest river). Great Falls was also the home of the famed cowboy artist Charlie Russell (1864-1926), whose original home and log studio are now part of the C. M. Russell Museum Complex

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