Blaine County Library Welcomes Carnegie Libraries Traveling Exhibit

The Blaine County Library is pleased to welcome a traveling exhibit on

Montana's Carnegie libraries from July 1-17. The exhibit is part of a year-long celebration of the libraries in connection with the release of the book The Best Gift: Montana's Carnegie Libraries.

Residents are invited to come learn more about the history of Montana's 17

Carnegie libraries, which were built across the state at the turn of the 20th century with the help of funding provided by Andrew Carnegie.

In Chinook, members of the Women's Study Club wrote to the Carnegie Corporation in 1916 to ask about funding for a li...