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A Carousel for Missoula

Midnight Rose

Horse

Figure history

A friendship horse given by six craftspeople from Alberta. The NCA caption identifies it as the only horse in the collection carved outside Missoula.

Category
Horses
Sponsor
First Interstate Bank

A Carousel for Missoula inventory.

Role: Permanent pony.

Design: John Thompson. Entire figure carving: Al Kapusta and Heinz Schleyer.

Video reading: seat 5A 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/Midnight%20Rose.html

The NCA gallery includes photographs dated April 2004; current placement is not established by these captions.