Dr. Maurice Hilleman
MAURICE HILLEMAN
Miles City Public Library
THE ARTISTS:
Since 1996, the Custer County District High School (CCDHS) Art Club has fundraised to take an annual trip to an urban area to experience arts and culture. Averaging 15 students a year on the trip, the group visits art museums, theater productions, music performances, and more. The 2024-25 Art Club group, comprised of the students listed below, visited New Orleans.
Shayne Birch | Ashtyn Brugger | Carley Dishon | Ava Flotkoetter | Milee Ingraham | Layla Jenkins | Bruin Kelly | Joani Powell | Ephraim Samuleson | Gussie Schantz | Dominique Sutter | DeAnn Sutter | Greta Tooke
THE LIBRARY:
The Miles City Public Library’s story began when Mrs. Laura Zook started a lending library on a small bookshelf in a local store. After she and the Custer County Ladies Library Auxiliary secured funding from the Andrew Carnegie Estate Library Fund, the Carnegie Library was opened in Miles City in 1902. Mrs. Zook served as the library’s first librarian and continued in that role for 40 years. Although the outside staircase was removed, a facade added with space for adult fiction, and a new children’s department built, the original Carnegie building can still be seen inside and outside the building.
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Milestown Community Improvement, Inc | Keep Miles City Beautiful | Connors Family Foundation
Board by Board Construction | MC Electric | Miles City Public Library | Merritt Built Construction | SDI Architects + Design
Photo Courtesy of Merck Archival Services
Installed by DeeAnn Sutter, Sarah Peterson, and Kelsey Merritt in 2025
