Editing Simms, Montana (section)

== History ==
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The town of Simms, surrounded by [[butte]]s and [[bench (geology)|benches]], was built on a low spot in the [[Sun River]] valley. This made a perfect place to build an [[irrigation]] system. In 1902 President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] signed the [[Reclamation Act]], and in 1906 the Sun River Irrigation Project was begun. The townsite of Simms consists of {{convert|160|acre|km2}}. The town was named after Simms Creek, which flows into the Sun River, approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} west of the town. The creek was named after a pair of brothers who were woodcutters along the Sun River in earlier days. After the irrigation project was started, Simms became a grain and hay growing area. Simms is an unincorporated municipality of Cascade County.