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Mission Statement
The Buffalo Bill Museum of LeClaire is
organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes
and to such ends is given the power to establish, to provide
facilities for, to maintain and operate a museum to preserve
early history, documents and relics pertaining to the
Mississippi River, the Indian race, and William Cody, more
commonly known as Buffalo Bill, early American life and
settlers, and with particular emphasis to be placed on the
relations of the above, and the connection with LeClaire
Township and Scott County.
History
The Buffalo Bill
Museum was established in 1957 by the LeClaire’s Women’s
Club (now defunct), and was originally located in a store front on Cody
Road (Hwy. 67) in LeClaire, IA. Its primary exhibits
featured local river pilot artifacts, Buffalo Bill
memorabilia, local Indian history, and items common to homes
in the early 1800’s throughout the region.
In 1971 the first small museum building was constructed on
the LeClaire Levee; later, in 2001 a 45 x 45 foot building addition
was completed. Most recently, the River Pilots Annex
was completed in 2008 to house the Lone Star Stern Wheeler.
 The Lone Star was added to the museum’s collections in 1968,
and later designated a “National Historic Landmark”
(National Register # 89002461). It is the only surviving
wooden-hulled vessel of its particular design.
Today, the museum welcomes nearly 10,000 visitors a year
from all over the United States and at least 20 foreign
countries. It operates 7 days a week, primarily through the
efforts of volunteers, and remains a popular tourist
destination along the I-80 corridor.
Board of
Directors:
President: Connie Curlott
Vice President: Packy Huettman
Secretary/Treasurer: Debbie Smith
Assistant Treasurer: Ted Whisler
Directors:
Terri Applegate
Ron Leiby
Gloria Byrd
Lori Ewoldt
Marsha Peters
Dave Slocum
Dick Gruhl
Burt Gearhart
Youth Member: Whitney Casas
Executive Director: Robert Schiffke |
