Catalogued in the Smithsonian Institution's Catalog of American Art, this sign does a wonderful job of alerting passers by that they are approaching the Troy Museum. On each end of the sign, itself a fine example of the wood carver's art, are a gold panner and a logger, the whole carved entirely by chain saw by Dave Clarke of Eureka, MT.
Near the south end of town at Callahan Creek, the museum is housed in Troy's one time Great Northern Railway depot. Surrounding the building are various artefacts and machines depicting the farming and mining history of Troy. The building itself was moved onto the museum property some time after it ceased to be used as a railway depot by the Great Northern.
Troy Museum, (sculpture)
Two male figures of a gold prospector and a logger are at either end of the signage for a museum. The north figure, the prospector, is bearded, wears a hat, suspenders and shirt with rolled-up sleeves. He holds a gold pan in his proper right hand and a shovel in his proper left hand. The logger steps up from the uncarved portion of the base. He rests his proper right hand on his proper right bent knee. His proper left hand rests on his axe handle.
From the Smithsonian Institution