The museum highlighted the role which Wells Fargo played in the settlement of the Territory of Arizona by the pioneers from the eastern United States.

The museum offers the visitor the opportunity to view and admire the world's largest collection of famed illustrator N.C. Wyeth’s western themed work.

Wyeth collected information on mining and brought home costumes and artifacts, including cowboy and Indian clothing.

His early trips to the western United States inspired a period of images of cowboys and Native Americans that dramatized the Old West.

During the Battle of Saylor's (Sailor's) Creek in Virginia, Corporal Connell captured a Confederate flag which at the time was considered enough to earn a soldier the Medal of Honor.

After the war Connell was placed in charge of the Indian territory, including all of the Wells Fargo Company business, in Arizona.