Second Museum of the Day

After the walking tour of the Old State Prison we went on to the next museum in this small town. The brochure advertised "Cowboys, Cars and Cons". We left the Cowboy museum for our next trip to Deer Lodge and decided to go for the cars. What a pleasant surprise! Over 120 cars were featured! From the earliest in the early 1900's to the 1960's. Cars that have moved on to history, cars that had wonderful names like Hupmobile, Phaeton, Edsel,Nash Neopolitan, Pierce Arrow,Studebaker Hawk, Packards and a Ford Woody stationwagon. I couldn't possibly remember all their fascinating names. One of the surprises was the 1913 Electric car,built in Detroit and could travel 65 miles to a charge. Who dropped the ball and did not see the future in this car? Many of the cars took us for a stroll down memory lane. Bob has owned so many different cars in his lifetime that we were continually smiling and recollecting some of our fun days. Forty of these cars were on loan from a couple who live in Deer lodge and have their own collection of 46 antique cars. Other cars were on loan from individuals who had restored one or two cars and a few had been donated to the Museum. What a way to spend an afternoon in a small town in the middle of nowhere!