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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Cheney (1983), p. 146.
3. "Carpenter Snow Creek Mining District". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. July 25, 2013.