"It all began with on March 4th, 1960 when Morris and Bea Larson, Mac and Marvene Parkins, Walt and Mildretta Adams, and Alice Edwards sat down around a coffee table to hold the first meeting of the Owyhee County Historical Society. What started with a single item on display at the county courthouse has led to the acquisition of the original Murphy School House in 1964. The museum has now grown to a 10,000 square foot museum complex and research library that rests on 1 acre of land. The museum highlights the history of Owyhee Counties ranching and mining history with many historic buildings around the museum which include the Marsing train depot, a 1959 UP caboose and a stamp Mill." A water spigot plus a power pole with 20, 30 and 50 amp plugins are located in the driveway behind the museum.