For your consideration is an Original Sitting Bull Log Cabin Company corporation minutes, circa 1893. Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit. After the death of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890, the great Hunkpapa Lakota leader, many tried to capitalize on his name and legacy. To that end, four men came together to buy Sitting Bull's cabin where he had been killed in a struggle with tribal police. The intent was to have the cabin dismantled, shipped and reassembled for display at the coming 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, where visitors paid ten cents to view it. Incidently, outside and adjacent to the actual fairgrounds, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show performed prior to the fair officially opening; Sitting Bull had been a participant in the show in 1885. Ironically, the project was a financial disaster for the promoters. The men names in the corporation are Andrew Thorberg and Chris Nordstrom of Mandan, North Dakota, Henry S. Parkin of Cannon Ball North Dakota, and Park B. Wickham of Glen Ullin, North Dakota. This two-page document is in amazing preserved condition, age tanning, slight staining and puncture holes noted. Measures 8.5"W x 11"L.