Dinosaurs in Ekalaka? MSU alumni help build up a small-town dinosaur museum in eastern Montana

On the lawn outside the Carter County Museum https://cartercountymuseum.org/ on a summer Saturday afternoon, a circle of wide-eyed children cluster around the jaw of a robotic Tyrannosaurus rex.

A local rancher pulls a lever on a set of hydraulic lines running to a nearby skid-steer, and cast metal teeth swing shut, slicing a watermelon in two. The eyes get even wider.

It’s just part of the festivities at the museum’s fifth Annual Dino Shindig, an event with deep ties to Montana State University and its Museum of the Rockies. The weekend-long event has become an institution in this population-350 town tucked away in Montana’s southeast corner.

Eric Dietrich for the MSU News Service

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