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DONATIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS:
Many concerned individuals or local companies do not necessarily have the time to volunteer on a regular basis or the spare money to donate funds, but still find ways to help. Donations of food or catering for special events help complete our activities. Donations of talent through re-enactors, guest lecturers, programs, etc. help to re-create our history. Donations of supplies and equipment help streamline our curation and housing of collections. Donations of office equipment help us manage those collections. If you think you or your company can help with either talent, materials, equipment or supplies please call us to see what our current needs are.
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The Tri-State Museum garners a great deal of support from people just like you. If you are interested in helping our museum and our noble mission, there are many options available to you. Please contact the museum director at 605-723-1200 to sign up.
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Johnny Spaulding was a hunter, guide, scout, and a Black Hills area pioneer, who came to the area during the 1876 gold rush. Johnny built this two story cabin in 1876. It was no ordinary cabin; the hand-hewed logs had been hauled from the hills between Crook City and Deadwood. The cabin was originally located on the Lower Redwater River just north of Highway 32 near Belle Fourche. Pioneers made the cabin a safe haven during the early days of Butte County. With civilization taking hold in the area, Johnny moved west to other frontiers. He served in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, and ultimately settled in California. Many people have lived in the cabin, as it was inhabited until the late 1930's. In 1960, the cabin was donated to the museum by the W.A. Helmer family. The Belle Fourche Lions Club took on the project, adding a side porch, shingled the roof, built a new chimney, and stained the logs.
In 2006, the Questers Club in Belle Fourche obtained a grant to help with the preservation of the Spaulding cabin, and during that year the museum and the City of Belle Fourche moved the cabin to the banks of the Belle Fourche River, near the Museum and Chamber of Commerce. The Lions Club constructed a new porch for the cabin and the Questers Club cleaned and furnishing the cabin during the spring of 2007.
June 14, 2007 the Tri-State Museum opened the Johnny Spaulding Cabin at it's new location beside the new Museum builidng. Come and see the completed restoration of the cabin, get a tour of the building and see how pioneers lived way back when.
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