Membership to the Three Forks Area Historical Society is open to anyone interested in local history. Annual membership fees are $25 per year. Five consecutive years of annual membership gives a lifetime membership (or just pay $125 the first year). After becoming lifetime members, members can continue to be patrons by contributing to the operation of the museum and rise to various levels of support. Membership fees and contributions are tax deductible.
What we do
From its beginning the Three Forks Area Historical Society's purpose, taken from their constitution, has been to "preserve and make available for study and research the history and culture of the area…"
If you have visited the Headwaters Heritage Museum, you know doubt believe the Society is fulfilling its purpose. But look around some more and you will find that the Society has gone above and beyond. For instance, many of the businesses around town have historic photos and memorabilia prominently displayed on their walls, some of which were provided by the museum. The Caboose Visitor Center in Milwaukee Park was acquired and is maintained by the Historical Society. The mural painted on Seiler's Hardware was conceived and provided by the Society. Sacajawea Park, with the beautiful "Coming Home" statue, benches, and memorial walls were all conceived and provided by the Society. Last year's Fur Trade Symposium brought over a hundred visitors who gave local businesses and organizations an economic boost.
This year, the Society takes another step into the history books as it continues to fulfill its purpose. The Society is attempting to prevent the demolition of Trident's Northern Pacific Depot, built in about 1910. The Society is planning to move the Trident Depot into Three Forks and use it to expand the museum. Many of the railroad and Tridednt related artifacts will eventually be moved to the depot for display, opening up the museum to add other important displays.Be a Depot Defender.
The Society also plans to publish the Selected Papers of the 2010 Fur Trade Symposium in February.
MEMORIALS AND DONATIONS
Patrons and members are welcome to donate to the general operating fund of the Headwaters Heritage Museum or to the Railroaders' Rail of Honor Memorial, which honors the railroaders that lived, worked, or passed through the City of Three Forks in the over 70 years of railroad history. All donations and memorials are tax deductible.
