The story of Jerry Lee Young’s legacy all began as a little boy when he was 7 years old. He discovered his first arrowhead when he went with his Uncle Bert to the mountains. That arrowhead was the start of his life’s work as a collector of artifacts and a life long student of the history of human existence in IDAHO, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Alaska, Canada, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Mexico, Northern Africa, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand; A heritage of over 15,000 years.

Today his collection consists of over 40,000 artifacts, 300 mounted animals; fossilized remains of giant prehistoric creatures; guns that tamed the west; and a very special gift shop featuring not only the work of nationally recognized local artist, but books and artifact cases for the collector which are often difficult to obtain elsewhere.