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===1930–present=== During the first two decades of the 20th century, Great Falls prospered from a homesteading boom, strong agricultural markets and favorable weather. It also became a financial center and regional shopping hub. In the late 1930s, the federal government's [[New Deal]] programs provided Great Falls with a new Civic Center building, and the city's business sector expanded with the arrival of military installations during World War II, helping Great Falls become the state's largest city from 1950 to 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home Page {{!}} City of Great Falls Montana|url=https://greatfallsmt.net/|access-date=2021-04-26|website=greatfallsmt.net}}</ref> During World War II, the [[Northwest Staging Route]] passed through Great Falls, along which planes were delivered to the [[USSR]] according to the [[Lend-Lease]] program. Great Falls prospered further with the opening of a nearby military base in the 1940s, but as rail transportation and freight slowed in the later part of the century, outlying farming areas lost population, and with the closure of the smelter and cutbacks at [[Malmstrom Air Force Base]] in the 1980s, its population growth slowed. Great Falls was the location of the [[Mariana UFO incident]] in 1950, one of the earliest widely publicized [[UFO]] incidents. On February 11, 2013, the residents of Great Falls [[2013 Emergency Alert System hijackings|were met with a false]] [[Emergency Alert System]] message during an afternoon broadcast of ''[[The Steve Wilkos Show]]'' on [[CBS]] affiliate television station [[KRTV]], which simply stated that "[[Zombie|the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves]] and attacking the living. Do not attempt to approach these bodies, as they are considered extremely dangerous."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-16 |title=Several Montana TV stations hit by cyberattack |url=https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/several-montana-tv-stations-hit-by-cyberattack |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=KRTV NEWS Great Falls |language=en}}</ref> It was revealed that a default password for the networks was being used, and a few minutes later, the station sent an official on-screen message apologizing for any confusion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hackers Broadcast Zombie Emergency Alert on TV |url=https://www.govtech.com/security/hackers-broadcast-zombie-emergency-alert-on-tv.html |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=GovTech |language=en}}</ref> In recent years, the economy of Great Falls has suffered from the decline of heartland industry, much like other cities in the [[Great Plains]] and [[Midwest]].
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