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Grand Falls Opera House Opens in 1892 as City Landmark
The Great Falls opera house opened January 4 1892 after plans by Oscar Cobb and a $100000 stock company. It hosted The Canuck and a string of popular plays while attracting guests from Helena and Butte as the city built a cultural landmark now largely unused but historically significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Opera House
Cascade County
the Tribune
Thespis
Board of Trade
J. Bookwalter
Oscar Cobb
Chicago
Tribune
J. K. Clark & Co
Cobb
Paris Gibson
H. O. Chowen
T. E. Collins
A. E. Dickerman
C. M. Webster
J. H. McKnight
Charles Wegner
Ira Myers
Ernest Crutcher
Great Falls Opera House
Grand
A. J. Shores
E. D. Weed
Helena
State
Montana
Butte
United States
Powers & Davis
St. Paul
Medicine Lake
Herman Ludke
McKee Rankin
Daily Press
Kathie Putnam
Emma the
St. Paul’s Episcopal Choir
Fort Benton
Spain
Third Street
Victoria
Britain
J. K. Hesler
Oscar Vanderbilt
Fannie A. Sutton
Will Steege
Civic Center