Donate to the Museum

We’re so grateful that you’re interested in supporting the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum — your contributions help us preserve and celebrate the rich legacy of Johnson County.

The museum holds donated funds and funds raised through museum events in restricted accounts – so these funds are not rolled into the county’s general operating funds. Should you choose to donate, this is where your donation would be held and used. You can receive a charitable contribution tax break for your donation. Here’s a helpful article that talks about donating to governmental agencies. If you have any questions about how the museum handles funding and values transparency, please contact us – we are happy to share.

Donations to general operations may be made here:

Help Save the Historic Carnegie Building!

The historic Carnegie Library building which serves as the front entrance to the museum and houses administrative offices is in need of preservation and repair work.  Click here to learn more and to donate to the cause.  

Front of the 1909 Carnegie

Limestone blocks have shifted and cracked

Front columns are deteriorating

Memorials

If you would like a memorial in honor of a loved one designated to the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, please contact the museum staff.

Billie Little Memorial

Memorials in honor of Billie Little can be made by clicking here.  We offer our condolences to her family and friends - we will always remember Billie as having a quick smile and good word.  

Funeral services for Billie Little, 89-year-old Buffalo resident who passed away Thursday at the Mountain Plaza Assisted Living in Casper, were held Monday, September 29th at 2:00 p.m. at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo with Pastor Anne Knighten officiating. Donations in Billie's name may be made to the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum at PO Box 596 in Buffalo.  Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com

Billie Charlene Little was born on April 1, 1936, in Granite City, Illinois to William and Dorothy May. She grew up and went to school in various cities in the Midwest. After high school she attended Kansas State University where she received a B.S. in Education and later, she received a master's degree from the University of Colorado. In 1962 she met Daniel Patrick Little and in 1964 they were married in Buffalo at the Catholic Church. Billie was a physical education teacher and coach at Johnson County High School for several years before moving to the Clearmont School District where she was also a teacher and coach. Billie and Pat made their home on the Little family ranch in Leiter where they lived ranching with Pat's brothers and their families. Pat passed away in April of 2022 and Billie continued living in Buffalo until March of 2023 when she moved into assisted living in Casper.

Billie is survived by one sister-in-law Glory Little and several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.