Dave Eckroth

I graduated from Montana State University with a history degree. I retired from the Montana Army National Guard with 34 years, including a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.  I currently am in my 28^th year as a teacher.  I am married and have two sons.  My Montana heritage stretches back to 1874.  My passions led me to work on battlefield preservation. In conjunction with Our Montana I authored five American Battlefield Preservation Program grant projects.  These projects focused on compiling the history of the events and suggestions for preservation.  In 2005 I received the Eugene T. Carroll Historic Preservation Award.  I also completed a number of historical journal articles.  Native American Rock Art captured my interest for the last twenty years.   I’m passionate about archeological field work and have visited, located, documented, photographed, and GPS’d a large number of Native American Rock Art in Eastern and Central Montana sites.  I co-authored a cultural survey of Canyon Creek and volunteered with Doug Milton, BLM archeologist, on several projects.  I provided several presentations to historical groups ranging from Huntley to Harlowton.  Unrelated to the above passions, I’ve discovered a love for geneology and published an article during March, 2023.