Carpenter Creek, Montana

Carpenter Creek, Montana is a ghost town in Musselshell County.[1] It was the site of a Post Office from 1915-1918, with John Donovan as postmaster.[2] The site of a former large coal mine,[1][3] Carpenter Creek is the birthplace of J. R. “Doc” Campbell, the 82nd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.

References

  1. 1 2 Cheney, Roberta Carkeek (1983). Names on the Face of Montana, The Story of Montana's Place Names (second ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8784-2150-3.
  2. Cheney (1983), p. 146.
  3. "Carpenter Snow Creek Mining District". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. July 25, 2013.

Coordinates: 46°33′00″N 107°58′22″W / 46.5499785°N 107.9728864°W / 46.5499785; -107.9728864


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