| Long Description | <DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Carter_GrainElevators.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Grain Elevators</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: John Ansotegui</p></li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Carter_Ferry.jpg" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Carter Ferry</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: John Ansotegui</p></li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Carter_CommunityHall.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Community Hall</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: John Ansotegui</p></li></ul>
<P>Carter is a few miles southwest of Fort Benton, near the Missouri River at a spot where a ferry operated for many years. The town was originally called Sidney, but in 1905 the Great Northern Railroad changed the name to honor a US Senator Thomas Carter, who was also Montana's first congressman.(from Cheney's <I>Names on the Face of Montana</I>, Mountain Press Publishing Company) Carter County was also named after this senator when it was created in 1917 from parts of Fallon County.<P>Today, this small community still features a ferry, <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=3863">Carter Ferry</a>, that crosses the Missouri River and there is fishing access with a gravel ramp to the river next to county operated ferry.</p> <p>Farms surrounding the Carter community are noted for their wheat and barley production. The community is located adjacent to US Highway 87. |
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