Cat Creek Oil Field Sign

The Cat Creek Oil Field Sign, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the town of Mosby at about mile 150 on Highway 200, in Petroleum County, Montana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

Cat Creek Oil Field Sign
LocationMile 150 on Montana Highway 200, about 5 miles west of Mosby, Montana
Coordinates47°0′29″N 108°0′34″W
NRHP reference No.14001127[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 2015

It is "an isolated and lonely reminder of the once booming oil industry presence in central Montana during the infancy of commercial oil development" in Montana. It commemorates the Cat Creek Oil Field which boomed during 1920-1925 and again in the 1940s.[2]

References
  1. "Weekly listings of January 16, 2015". National Park Service.
  2. "2015 Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony and Reception, Myrna Loy Center, Helena" (PDF). Montana Historical Society. January 23, 2015. p. 21-22.
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