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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Chapters: 1804 elections in the United States, 1804 in United States case law, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Saint Charles, Missouri, Milk River, Kansas River, Clarksville, Indiana, Great Falls, Burr-Hamilton duel, Lochsa River, Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Oregon pioneer history, United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1804, Deschutes River, People v. Croswell, Salmon River, List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Tucannon River, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Snow Hurricane of 1804, Touchet River, Nodaway River, Clearwater River, Yorks Islands, Walla Walla River, Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 4, United States Senate elections, 1804, Coonskin cap, Cascades Rapids, Lewis and Clark River, Hayden Island, Portland, Oregon, Clatsop people, Seaman, Chinook people, Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, Klickitat people, Indian Peace Medal, Youngs River, United States Senate special elections in New York, February 1804, Three Flags Day, Cape Disappointment State Park, Lewis and Clark Landing, Missouri Headwaters State Park, Lolo Pass, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Little v. Barreme, Nodaway, Missouri, Selway River, Chief Comcomly, Bull Boat, United States House of Representatives elections, 1804, Marias River, Multnomah people, United States Senate special election in New York, November 1804, Bateman Island, Kaw Point, John Shields, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 6, Camp Dubois, Fort Mandan, Floyd's Bluff, Gold v. Eddy, Beaverhead Rock, Camp Chopunnish, Lewis and Clark State 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...