The Irby-Bumpus Wildlife Center was originally a two-room Montgomery County home in the Salem Community, located less than 10 miles from where the cabin sits today. A fireplace once divided and served both rooms of the structure. The animals and Native American artifacts in the center represent resources used by people in the 1800s for needs such as food, clothing, and tools. While most of the animals in the cabin are native to Tennessee, some are from other areas where Historic Collinsville’s founders Glenn and JoAnne Weakley traveled to hunt. Both Glenn and JoAnne were avid hunters and contributed to the animal collection in the wildlife center.