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If you spend a lot of time at the museum, it's easy to forget just how incredibly old some of our specimens are. Many of us get distracted by the impressive size and anatomy of our prehistoric beasts or get sidetracked by ever-important "who would win in a fight?" questions. But when I walk through our collections and ponder the items in front of me, I'm struck by the vast stretch of time these fossils represent. "Deep Time," as it's frequently referred to in earth science,...
In this article I will share some Renshaw family history along with weather, crops, individuals, schools, and business information. Renshaw reports that their son, Morris, somehow had a broken hip. Guess who was there to take care of it? That’s right, Dr. B. B. Sandy who lived only about four miles northeast. It was a bad break and Dr. Sandy said there was a one in one hundred chance that Morris wouldn’t be a cripple. The first bone setting did not work and Dr. Sandy was called back to reset the hip. He made a splint, a san...
Southeast Montana 4-H Camp was held at Camp Needmore June 13-15. One hundred twenty-four youngsters attended from Fallon, Carter, Custer, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud-Treasurer, Wibaux, McCone, Garfield, and Dawson Counties in Montana, Harding County in South Dakota, and Golden Valley County in North Dakota. Youth participated in repelling, a nature hike, a dance, a visit to the Carter County Museum, fishing, shooting sports, and craft and woodworking wor...
May 23, 2017, Bozeman, MT - Museum of the Rockies seeks public input at two forums to be held in early June where updates on collaborative efforts between natural history museums in Montana and Kumamoto, Japan will be shared. Funded by the Japan Center for Global Partnership, the Kumamoto Montana Natural Science Museum Association engages in collaborative discourse to develop unique and important educational materials in paleontology, geology, and astronomy for the benefit of the public. Museum of the Rockies will host the...
Over the past two months, we have had several class groups in to tour the museum. Some have traveled as far as Camp Crook and others include Baker and several grades from our own Ekalaka Elementary and high schools. For Archaeology Month, we featured our atlatl teaching collection, where students were able to use the spear thrower to hunt a mammoth and a saber-toothed cat. This month, we had the fourth grade in from Ekalaka to tour the Lambert Room and handle the Maiasaura...
The following students participated in the Southeast Regional MCTM math contest in Plevna in March of this year and/or received an invitation to participate in the American Mathematics Competition: Glen Frye, Tanner Fix, Ashley Schmid , Kennedy Tooke, Joe McHenry, Heather LaBree, Hannah LaBree, Mick O’Connor, Wyatt Kittelmann, Caleb Fix, Tori Tooke, Jared Pardee, Ryan Rychner, Tylee Loehding, Turner Tooke, Kenzie Tooke. MCTM Math Contest Ekalaka’s junior/senior math team placed first at the regional math contest held in Ple...
The use of porcupine quills in embroidery is one of the oldest decorative traditions among American Indian tribes. The practice predates European contact by hundreds of years and was replaced gradually by glass beads brought by white traders. In the museum, we have an example of quillwork from the Sioux tribe as adornment on a pair of moccasins. Once harvested from the porcupine, quills were washed and sorted by size. Quills that are between two to three inches long are ideal...
Later this month, I will use the museum's teaching collection to conduct an atlatl training at Carter County High and Elementary schools. We sponsored a similar event last year as part of the Days of '85 celebration. However, the inspiration for including atlatls, or spear throwers, in our museum programming goes back to the excavation of Mill Iron Site. It was the late 1980s in Carter County, Montana. Archaeologists had been working for days to excavate what would become the...
On the Saturday prior to Memorial Day, May 27, Stompin' Grounds coffee shop in Ekalaka will be putting on a formal gala at Carter County Events Center. The gala, named Diamonds & Dog Tags, will start at 6:00 p.m. and is for adults over the age of 21. Those who purchase a $40 ticket to the event will enjoy a prime rib dinner, a silent auction, a dance, and will receive one free drink (a full bar will be available throughout the night). Additionally, poker players will be...
I would like to start this week by fixing a mistake on my last article. The wages for Bob were $40.00 per month while he was working for General Sweeney, not $4.00 per month. Forty is small enough! Bob wrote that a highlight of that year was when Mr. Sweeney asked him to ride along on a wild-horse roundup along with other area ranchers and cowboys. “Real excitement for a Honyocker who had been raised on an Oklahoma farm,” he stated. September ended his time working for Mr. Sweeney. He then returned to his homestead. But wha...
April is Montana Archaeology Month, and to celebrate, the Carter County Museum will be bringing you a series of articles about topics in the field. Pottery is a relatively rare artifact to find and is often preserved in pieces called "sherds" in archaeological parlance. The museum has a small collection of a variety of sherds that have been traced back to the Mandan/Hidatsa and Crow Tribes. By examining pottery and other ceramics, archaeologists can discover information about...
The mission of Agriculture in Montana Schools (AMS) is to share the importance of agriculture in Montana's education system. This organization creates, collects, and provides lesson material to Montana educators, and provides continuing education classes to those teachers on how to integrate AMS material and resources into their current curriculum. They also provide opportunities for Montana students to learn more about exciting careers in agriculture. Locally, the face of thi...
