Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Great Falls, MT

Great Falls is a city and the county seat of Cascade County, and with 60,442 residents at the 2020 census it is the third most populous city in Montana.

The city is named for the series of five waterfalls on the Missouri River just north and east of town, which forced the Lewis and Clark Expedition to spend 31 days in 1805 portaging around a 10-mile stretch of river.

Great Falls was founded by Maine-born entrepreneur Paris Gibson, who platted the townsite in 1884 with backing from railroad magnate James J. Hill, and the city was incorporated on November 28, 1888.

The 2010 census counted 25,301 households in Great Falls, and the wider Great Falls metropolitan area, which covers all of Cascade County, had 84,414 residents at the 2020 census.

Great Falls is nicknamed "The Electric City" because five hydroelectric dams harness its waterfalls, beginning with Black Eagle Dam in 1890, the first major hydroelectric project in Montana.

Malmstrom Air Force Base, just east of the city, is the community's largest employer and is home to the 341st Missile Wing, whose intercontinental ballistic missiles and missile alert facilities are spread across a vast missile complex in north-central Montana.

Giant Springs State Park, Montana's most-visited state park, protects one of the largest freshwater springs in the United States, which flows at a constant 54 degrees and sends the 201-foot Roe River — once listed by Guinness World Records as the world's shortest river — into the Missouri River.

Great Falls was the home of famed Western artist Charles M. Russell, and his home and original log cabin studio are preserved as part of the C. M. Russell Museum on the city's north side.

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center stands near Giant Springs, and the city counts about ten museums, more than any other city in Montana.

Great Falls is home to the University of Providence, a private Catholic university founded in 1932, and to Great Falls College MSU, a two-year college in the Montana University System.