Around town
The log museum and Ole Four Spot in Libby
Libby’s Heritage Museum keeps pieces of Lincoln County’s working history in a twelve-sided log building and on its grounds.
A building that is part of the collection
The Heritage Museum sits along U.S. 2 in Libby. Its twelve-sided log building houses collections on early settlement, logging and mining. Before you see any individual exhibit, the building tells you something about the skills and materials people worked with here.
The locomotive with a hometown nickname
The museum’s Shay No. 4, known locally as Ole Four Spot, once worked in logging operations for the Libby Lumber Company and later J. Neils Lumber Company. It gives a name and a shape to work that can otherwise feel distant. The museum has put together a history of the locomotive with more about its preservation.
Check the Heritage Museum’s website for current hours and information about its archives. For another bit of county history, read about the Libby and Troy library branches.