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Burr-Hamilton duel, Lochsa River, Timeline of the Lewis and Clark
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People v. Croswell, Salmon River, List of species described by the
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Historic Site, Capron v. Van Noorden, Traveler's Rest (Lolo,
Montana), Tillamook Head, Camp Disappointment, Clark's
Hill/Norton State Historic Site, New York gubernatorial election,
1804, State v. Anderson. Excerpt: The Great Falls of the Missouri
River are a series of waterfalls on the Missouri River in
north-central Montana in the United States. The five falls, which
are located in a 10-mile (16 km) area of the river, are: The
Missouri River drops a total of 612 feet (187 m) from the first of
the falls to the last, which includes 187 feet (57 m) of waterfalls
and 425 feet (130 m) of riverbed descent. The Great Falls have been
described as "spectacular", one of the "scenic
wonders of America", and "a major geographic
discovery". Meriwether Lewis said they were the grandest sight
he'd beheld thus far in the journey of the Corps of Discovery.
The Great Falls of the Missouri River were depicted on the Montana
Territory territorial seal, and became part of the State of
Montana's state seal in 1893. The Mandan Indians knew of the
cataracts, and called them by a descriptive (but not formal) name
"Minni-Sose-Tanka-Kun-Ya" or "the great falls."
The South Piegan Blackfeet, however, had a formal name for Rainbow
Falls, and called it "Napa's Snarling." No record
exists of a Native American name for any of the other four
waterfalls. Four of the five waterfalls were given names in 1805 by
American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Both
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark named Crooked Falls in their
journals. Clark named three of the remaining waterfalls on his map:
"Great Falls" (which retains its name to this day),
"Beautiful Cascade" (now called Rainbow Falls), and
"Upper P...
