Columbia Belle
The lead horse, with antique halter jewels donated by carousel historian Fred Fried. The NCA caption described the jewels as 100 years old.
- Category
- Horses
- Carver
- Steve Weiler
- Sponsor
- Pat and Kitte Robins
A Carousel for Missoula inventory.
Role: Permanent pony.
Entire figure carved by Steve Weiler.
Design: John Thompson. Sanding: Ione Briedlander, Ethel Diettert. Painting: Bette Largent; priming: Ethel Diettert.
Video reading: seat 1A in footage dated June 29, 2024. View this section. This is a source-era best reading, not a verified current placement.
Historical description and credits: https://carousels.org/psp/Missoula/columbia_belle-large.html
The NCA gallery includes photographs dated April 2004; current placement is not established by these captions.