Red Wing Butter Churn - Livingston, Montana
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N 45° 39.848 W 110° 33.855
12T E 533944 N 5056824
Red Wing Butter Churn is inside of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum located at 118 W. Chinook Street.
Waymark Code: WM17DAJ
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1
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Livingston is the county seat of Park County and is in southwestern Montana, on the Yellowstone River, north of Yellowstone National Park.

The community was first named Clark City in honor of Herman Clark, a well known contractor and builder for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

The town plat was filed later that year under the name Livingston in recognition of Johnston Livingston, a director and major stockholder of the railroad.

The railroad provided a means of transporting coal, wool, and cattle to market. It also enabled Livingston to serve as the original gateway to Yellowstone, the nation’s first national park. Mining and agriculture were additional economic factors in the town’s development.

Today, Livingston is the 11th largest city in Montana. Rail transportation continues to be a mainstay of the area’s economy, along with tourism, recreation, agriculture, and mining.

Park County Museum was founded in 1977. Community members and Park County purchased the historic North Side School, built in 1907, to house the museum, now known as the Yellowstone Gateway Museum of Park County.

Red Wing Stoneware Butter Churn
Manufactured by: The Union Stoneware Company
circa: 1906
Location: Red Wing Minnesota
Size: 4 Gallon
Size: 9.5" Diameter x 16.5" tall

This Red Wing Stoneware Butter Churn was manufactured by the Union Stoneware Company of Red Wing, Minnesota around 1906. It features the lid and dasher. It is marked with the Red Wing logo and a dark blue oval with Red Wing Union Stoneware Co. Red Wing, Minn.

After several logo changes, in 1906, it now showed the now familiar red wing stamp which was used until the pottery plant closed in 1967.

Red Wing Union Stoneware, now Red Wing Pottery, is an American stoneware, pottery, and dinnerware manufacturing company that began in 1861 by German immigrant John Paul.

This Red Wing Stoneware Butter Churn is on display in a glass showcase with the Red Cross Manufacturing Company Fruit Press circa 1921.
Address:
Yellowstone Gateway Museum
118 W. Chinook Street
Livingston,
Montana 59047
United States


Website for Museum/Business: [Web Link]

Admission: 0 - 12 Free, 13 - 18 $4.00 Seniors 62+ $4.00, Adults $5.00

Business Hours:
SEASON
Museum: May to September
Event Center: September to May

HOURS
Museum: Monday to Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM


Website for additional information: Not listed

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