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.
