We are sharing favorite artifacts or exhibits from people who have visited the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum. We have had a couple people share their favorite exhibit in the museum, on Facebook.
Merle Gallentine shared on Facebook that the carriage in the art room is a favorite exhibit. That carriage belonged to Great Grandfather, J.W. Newton. Some of us are now calling that room the buggy room. That style of vehicle is often called a doctor’s buggy. We don’t believe this buggy was ever used by a doctor. The buggy is a beautiful piece of local history.
J.W. ranched east of Roundup along the Musselshell River. After J.W. died, his son Park took over the ranch, and then his son, Walter took over after Park’s death. The ranch was named after the brand, Heart H and has always been called that. J.W. Newton, was elected Roundup’s first mayor in 1909. He served as City Treasurer, was president of the Newton Lumber Company, and was one of the organizers and the first president of the Citizens State Bank. At one time he operated a meat market and ice business.
The information about J.W. Newton was taken from Horizons O’er the Musselshell published in 1974 by Musselshell Pioneer Club. This book and other local history books are available at the Musselshell
Valley Historical Museum.
The museum is open seven days a week from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM until the end of September.
What is your favorite exhibit or artifact at the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum? If you want to share one of your favorites, I would be glad to include a photo of the exhibit.
If you want to share, you can email me at [email protected] or share it on our museum Facebook page. This will be a continuing series. I am planning to share the series with both newspapers, The Roundup Record-Tribune and the Roundup Herald, as well as the Musselshell Valley Historical Museum Facebook page.
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