Great Falls, MT

Great Falls, located in central Montana on the Missouri River 75 miles northeast of Helena, MT, is remembered for having a game with four people in attendance. It was July 20, 1969 and most people were at home watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.

It is also noted for the color video film that the Selectrics General Manager, Nicholas Mariana, took of purported UFOs one morning in August, 1950. See Wiki article, [1] The name of the city's most recent minor league team, the Great Falls Voyagers, derives from that incident; previous teams had focused on the hydro-electricity generated by dams on the eponymous great falls of the Missouri River.

Teams that have played here

• Great Falls, Montana State League (1892)
• Great Falls Indians, Montana State League (1900)
• Great Falls, Union Association (1911-1912)
• Great Falls Electrics, Union Association (1913)
• Great Falls Electrics, Northwestern League (1916-1917)
• Great Falls Electrics, Pioneer League (1948, 1951-1956, 1958-1963)
• Great Falls Selectrics, Pioneer League (1949-1950)
• Great Falls Dodgers, Pioneer League (1957, 1984-2002)
• Great Falls Giants, Pioneer League (1969-1983)
• Great Falls White Sox, Pioneer League (2003-2007)
• Great Falls Voyagers, Pioneer League (2008-2019, 2021-)

Persons who were born here

• Jason Erickson, minor league pitcher
• John Gibbons, catcher; manager
• Tyler Graham, outfielder
• Harry Griswold, minor league catcher
• Kris Richards, minor league infielder

Persons who died here

• Billy Colgan, catcher
• Frank Monroe, outfielder
• Eddie Reed, minor league outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Charles M. Russell High School
• Great Falls High School
• University of Providence