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Carter County Museum

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DescriptionCarter County Museum was Montana’s first county museum, and the first to display dinosaurs in the state. That’s a history that spans some 80 million years– with exhibits ranging from a mounted skeleton of an Anatotitan copei, to eleven-thousand-year-old arrowheads, to early pioneer artifacts.

Museum Mission: To increase and diffuse knowledge and appreciation of history, art and science; to discover, excavate and preserve fossils, fossil bones, and human artifacts; to advance the science of archaeology and paleontology; to collect and preserve objects of historic, artistic, and scientific interest; and to acquire and maintain a library to assist in the above purpose.

Carter County Centennial Collection
In 2017, Carter County, Montana celebrated its centennial year. To commemorate this occasion, the Carter County Museum has compiled a collection of photographs taken throughout Carter County’s storied history, from pioneers and paleontology to present day rodeo and ranching families. Within this collection, the viewer can choose to explore scenic history of the Medicine Rocks and Custer National Forest, or take a look at the human occupation of the county, from the timber industry to bucking horses. Founded in 1885, Ekalaka, the county seat, is featured prominently, as are images from dinosaur and archaeology digs conducted by members of the Carter County Museum, Montana’s oldest county museum.

Founding of the Carter County Geological Society
In 2019, the Carter County Museum had an archive of 6,000 letters, documents and scrapbooks from 1930-1990 digitized with the eventual goal of creating a resource for current museum leadership and staff, researchers, and others of the first sixty years of the museum’s history. This sub collection of 72 documents include letters written by museum founder and amateur paleontologist Walter H. Peck, who served as a senator to Montana’s State Legislature and was a lead author on the bill that established funding systems for county museums, leading the Carter County Museum to become the first county museum in the state. His correspondence and those of other founders and directors, reflect the early age of paleontology in Eastern Montana, the establishment and growth of a cultural and natural history collection, and relationships with collaborative partners across the country, including Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Tales from Carter County - Oral Histories
These audio tapes cover the early history of Ekalaka, Carter County, including ranching, homesteads, the EMT program, and schools. Founded in 1885, when Montana was still a territory, Ekalaka has undergone periods of growth and decline. Throughout its 133 year history, it has maintained a primarily agricultural industry, with many 100 year ranches and ranching families. The individuals on these tapes represent a wide swath of experiences, from teaching in one room schoolhouses to ranching and serving as an EMT. All but one are now deceased. These recordings preserve a vanishing generation of pioneers and will serve as a foundation for future additions.

Tooke Bucking Horse Collection
The original, and first bucking horse breeding program with horses that were bred specifically for rodeo livestock, created by the legendary Chandler Earl (Feek) Tooke in the early 1930s. Inducted into the PRCA Hall of Fame 2008.
See the following website for more information:
cartercountymuseum.org
https://www.facebook.com/tookebuckinghorses
Feek’s Vision, a documentary by Ken Howie, will tell the story of Feek Tooke and Tooke Bucking Horses - so important in the history of rodeo - through the experiences and recollections of rodeo champions, stock contractors and those closest to Feek Tooke. The documentary will be released on DVD in 2019.
https://www.feeksvision.com/

Yearbooks of Carter County
Yearbook collection from high schools in Carter County, Montana during the years 1930-2017. The collection includes The Medicine Rock, a publication by Carter County High School (1930, 31, and 1940-2017), Carter Broadcaster Review by Carter County High School, and two yearbooks from Capitol High School (1941 and 1942).
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01 - What is Fossil Hunting for?

02 - Letter from Barnum Brown of the AMNH to Idella Kennedy

03 - Letter from Idella Kennedy to Dr. A.R. Romer of the Walker Museum

04 - Letter from C. Max Bauer of Yellowstone National Park to Idella Kennedy

05 - Letter from Charles Amsden of the Southwest Museum to Idella Kennedy

06 - 1937 CCGS Director's Report by Walter H. Peck

07 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to William Siegal

08 - Letter from Siegal to Peck

09 - Instructions for Making Plaster Casts and Molds

10 - Letter from Mrs. Fuller to Walter H. Peck

11 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to Mrs. Fuller

12 - CCGS Equipment Checklist

13 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to "Ted"

14 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to Angier Shelden

15 - Letter from C.P. Butler of the Mt. Montezuma Observatory to Walter H. Peck

16 - Letter from Angier Shelden to Walter H. Peck

17 - Envelope from Angier Shelden to Walter H. Peck

18 - Letter from John R. Kirk of the US Treasury to the CCGS

19 - CCGS Field Library

20 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to the CMTC Commanding Officer at Fort Missoula

21 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to C.P. Butler of the Mt. Montezuma Observatory

22 - Letter from "Ted" to Walter H. Peck

23 - Letter from Walter H. Peck to Richard S. Lull at the Peabody Museum of Natural History

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01 Ernest Tooke, Rancher

02 Belle Wendelberg, Homesteader

03 Jim & Marty Carroll, Ranchers (Part I)

04 Jim & Marty Carroll, Ranchers (Part II)

05 Marjorie Curry, Teacher

06 Marvin Erickson, EMT (Part I)

07 Marvin Erickson, EMT (Part II)

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Carter County Centennial Collection

Founding of the Carter County Geological Society

Tales from Carter County - Oral Histories

Tooke Bucking Horse Collection

Yearbooks of Carter County

Carter County Museum