Special Events & Exhibits
CARTER COUNTY MUSEUM, EKALAKA, MT
Special Exhibits and Events
Check out this page for changing exhibits and special events at the Carter County Museum.
Monday, May 5 at 5:30 P.m.
Carter County Geological Society Presents: "The Gunfight at Stoneville, Montana Territory: Feb. 14, 1884" with Mike Madler
Free Admission
Join us on Monday, May 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the museum for a special program on the Stoneville fight. In territorial days the Black Hills was home to a band of outlaws known as the Axelbee Gang. Stoneville (now Alzada, Montana) was a lawless frontier settlement and one of their havens. In 1884 the Axelbee Gang and lawmen from Spearfish and Deadwood met at Stoneville in a bloody battle.
This program is presented by Mike Madler. Mike is is a retired land surveyor. He surveyed 47 years in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Mike has always had an interest in history, especially frontier history and over the years he has researched and gathered historical information in the areas that he has worked. Since retirement he has put that information into exhibits and talks that he presents at area libraries and museums. Mike and his wife Donna live in Spearfish, South Dakota. They have three grown children, sixteen grandchildren, and three great- grandchildren.