See also:

• GREAT

GREAT FALLS  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Cascade county, See also:

• MONTANA

Montana, U.S.A., 99 m . (by See also:

• RAIL

rail) N.E. of See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena, on the S. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• RIVER

river, opposite the mouth of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

Sun river, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of about 3300 ft . It is ro m. above the See also:

• GREAT

Great Falls of the Missouri, from which it derives its name . Pop . (1890) 3979; (1900) 14,930, of whom 4692 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 13,948 . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of about 8 sq. m . It is served by the Great See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern and the Billings & Northern (See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy See also:

• SYSTEM

system) See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The city has a splendid See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park system of seven parks (about 530 acres) with 15 M. of boulevards.' Among the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are a city See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, high school, commercial See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie library, the See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital and Training School for Nurses (under the supervision of the Sisters of Charity), and the Montana See also:

• DEACONESS (i7 &locovos or &aKhvuraa, servant, minister)

Deaconess hospital . There is a Federal See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the city . Great Falls lies in the midst of a region exceptionally See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in minerals—See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, See also:

• SILVER

silver, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

• GYPSUM

gypsum, See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, sapphires and bituminous See also:

• COAL

coal being See also:

• MINED

mined in the neighbourhood . Much See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain is grown in the vicinity, and the city is an important See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping point for See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, live-stock and cereals . Near Great Falls the Missouri river, within 72 m., contracts from a width of about 900 to 300 yds. and falls more than 500 ft., the principal falls being"the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle Falls (50 ft.), from which See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is derived for the city's See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street railway and See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant, the beautiful See also:

• RAINBOW

Rainbow Falls (48 ft.) and Great Falls (92 ft.) .

See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

Giant See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring Fall, about 20 ft. high, is a cascade formed by a spring on the bank of the river near Rainbow Falls . The river furnishes very valuable See also:

• WATER

water-power, partly utilized by large manufacturing establishments, including See also:

• FLOUR

flour See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• PLASTER

plaster mills, breweries, iron See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• MINING

mining machinery shops, and smelting and reduction works . The See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston & Montana copper smelter is one of the largest in the See also:

• WORLD

world; it has a See also:

• CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney stack Sob ft. high, and in 1908 employed 1200 men in the smelter and 2500 in its mining See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department . Great Falls ranked second (to See also:

• ANACONDA

Anaconda) among the cities of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in the value of the factory product of 1905, which was $13,291,979, showing an increase of 42.4% since 1900 . The city owns and operates its water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply system . Great Falls was settled in 1884, and was chartered as a city in 1888 .