Three Foot Johnson Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 This was old when I was a little kid, and no one could remember just where it came from. Pretty dense wood - 16" tall and weights 12 1/2 pounds. Too bad it doesn't say CMR on the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Trail Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 If I’d did have CMR, it could possibly be his most valuable piece. Whoever did do it, it is a masterful work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 When my dad was a kid, he used to spend summers working for an old man up on Hogback Mountain named Bat Smith. Old Bat was a good friend of Charlie Russell, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Do you keep him by the door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Whiskers Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 7 hours ago, J Bar Binks, #47015 said: When my dad was a kid, he used to spend summers working for an old man up on Hogback Mountain named Bat Smith. Old Bat was a good friend of Charlie Russell, so... Is there a chance someone from either the gallery in Helena or his home museum here in Great Falls, can shed a bit more light on who carved it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 As far as I've ever seen, Charlie Russell didn't do sculptures or wood carvings. Past experience with the Montana Historical Society has shown me they're not too interested in any new history, just preserving and exploiting what's already been discovered. Have you ever seen the Jonathan Manlove homestead cabin on the east end of East Helena? It was built in 1864, the year of the big gold strike on Last Chance Gulch, and is touted as being the oldest permanent white/non-native structure in the area. I have the remains of a cabin foundation about 300 yards from my house that pre-dates the Manlove cabin by at least 40 years, a cabin that could feasibly have been here when the Lewis & Clark expedition came through in 1805. If so, Captain Lewis would have walked within a mile of it. The historical society wasn't the least bit interested in investigating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Whiskers Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 J Bar....the non interest part isn't a big shock. They're more interested in how many of his paintings and sculptures they can sell of every year. As for Lewis and Clark....according all of those signs along the Highways, (the ones with them pointing) they covered every inch of the whole State. I'm surprised they didn't make camp in your yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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