Jefferson County Museum Poster Winners

Jefferson County Museum sponsored a county-wide poster contest for American History classes on the subject of mining in Jefferson County. The posters were judged by 124 people, including Clancy School's 7th and 8th-grade history classes, the museum board members and staff, and patrons of the museum. Winners of the Jefferson County

Museum Mining Poster contest winners include first place: Brennan Peterson, second place: Rachel Van Blaricom, third place: Logan Gillmore, 4th place: Braden Morris, 5th place: Ellen McLean, and commendations to Isabel Gilbert, Morgan Barnes, Saraliba Auch, Riley Stock, Preston Field, Cia Stuber, Luke Eckmann, Gracie Leiva, Tom Meyer, Tristen Niemeir, Baylee Toney, Kennedy Williams, and Braden Winterburn.

The first-place prize is $100, second place is $75, third place is $50, with fourth and fifth place each receiving $25. There were 56 posters entered in the contest. All 56 were displayed in the museum during the month of February. The best 18 posters will continue to be displayed in the museum through June.

Several patrons to the museum claimed they could not choose the best posters as there were so many outstanding ones. Peterson's first-place poster highlights the Golden Sunlight Mine, Montana Tunnels, the Golden Curry Mine, and the Comet Mine. Van Blaricom's second-place poster proclaims the importance of mining from past to present times. Gillmore's third-place poster explains how a dredge operates in mining for gold under a body of water. The museum is open Fridays from 1 PM to 5 PM and Saturdays from 10:30 AM to 4 PM at 5 N. Main Street in Clancy.