The Buffalo Bill Museum, located in LeClaire, Iowa, is focused on life along the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 and local history.

One exhibit is the Lone Star

Lone Star (towboat)

The Lone Star is a wooden hull, steam-powered paddlewheel towboat in LeClaire, Iowa, USA. It is dry docked and on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire. The Lone Star was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 20, 1989.- History :...

, a wooden, paddlewheel steam-powered towboat that is housed in a special pier. Local history exhibits include the story of famous people from LeClaire, including American West showman Buffalo Bill Cody, engineer James Buchanan Eads

James Buchanan Eads

Captain James Buchanan Eads was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than fifty patents.-Early life and education:...

 and inventor James Ryan. Other exhibits include the Sauk and Fox Tribe

Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa is one of three federally recognized Native American tribe of Sac and Meskwaki peoples. Their name for themselves is Meshwaki. They are Algonquian peoples and Eastern Woodland culture....

, riverboat

Riverboat

A riverboat is a ship built boat designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such...

pilots, area pioneers, as well as area history and culture.