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Range Riders Museum

Fostering Memories Since 1939

June 2022 Curator’s Report

June 4, 2022 Curators Report For Annual Meeting
This report covers from June, 2021 to June, 2022.

The main projects we finished were:
• New Brochures—paid for by the Custer County Chamber of Commerce
• Main log building-sandblasted, repaired, sealed, stained the logs and chinked the logs—work done by the Anish—cost covered by grants
• Concrete from the edge of the building to the sidewalk—work done by A1 Concrete—cost covered by gants
• Western Heritage Center in Billings, Mt. has a display titled “ Conquering Diseases of the Past” and have borrowed our Iron Lung.

Projects for 2022
• New roof on the Memorial Hall
• Picture displays in the Officers’ Quarters—cost covered by a grant and memorials
• Military displays
• Woman’s displays
• Repairs we can do without a contractor
• 1. Build a new ramp on the log cabin
• 2. Repair the white windmill
• 3. Paint cowboy sign

Donations:
• 5 books donated by Jeff Streeley from Missoula
• Camera used to take early pictures of Mt. and said to have taken pictures of convicts donated by the Garfield Co. Commissioners in Jordan, Mt.
• The Museum donated the use of the Hall to the square dancers and the exercise group from the Senior Center when they had a plumbing problem
• Beaded wedding purse donated by the Jim Willson family
• 4 rifles donated by Lee Spears
• 3 dresses, 1blouse for displays and 3 fur coats to be sold as a fundraiser for the museum donated by the Epstein grandchildren
• 3 Huffman pictures donated by Carol McDonald
• 10 knives to be sold in the gift shop donated by Al Kwasinski
• Battery operated vacuum donated by Sharon Moore
• Large dust rags with hand holders donated by Tim Donnelly

Volunteers some from RSVP:
• Ed Mayberry—Both years
• Jane Shaw—2021
• Karen Hathaway—Both Years
• Grant Miller—both years
• Greg Waldie—2022
• Janet Cline—2022
• Gary Clarke—2022
• Leigh Allison— as needed both years
• Wiley Snell—-as needed both years
• Jackie Stroh— as needed both years
Retired teachers—clean school house each year

Functions the Museum sponsored:
• Open House—on Sept 18, 2021—the focus was the completion of the remodeling of the Officers Quarters featuring the Chad Cyrus Taxidermy Collection. The History Group that Mark Jacobson is a part of, set up their displays and explained many thing of the older days to the guests.
• February 27th, was the Cowboy Poetry Gathering Fundraiser that continues to increasing every year in people attendance
• The Board of the Museum Directors served the guests a sit down dinner with an Auction , as a fundraiser on March the 5th
• Cowboy Breakfast on Saturday of the Bucking Horse Sale was the best we’ve ever had, feeding about 250. The 3 days of guests through the front door also was the best we’ve ever had by $420. We also had a car and sponsored some wagons in the parade.

The end of year numbers were: 7,000 visitors from every state except Rhode Island and 9 foreign countries, with 96 functions in the Hall. 9 schools with approximately 210 students went through on field trips and 1 bus tour.

All things considered we feel we had a very good year. Thanks to all who donated one way or another, came as guests, helped on projects , moved snow and came on clean up days.

Respectfully submitted,
Bunny Miller—Curator

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