Welcome to the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum

In the spring of 1900,  Pharmacist Theodore James Gatchell, better known as Jim, opened the  first drugstore in Johnson County. The Buffalo Pharmacy became a popular  stopping place for cowboys, lawmen, settlers, cattle barons, and famous  Army scouts. Jim became a trusted friend to the region’s Native Americans, local  residents, and those that passed through town. Many of those that  befriended Jim brought him several gifts over the years. From guns to  medicine bags, bow and arrows to clothing, those gifts now help tell  Jim’s incredible story inside the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum.