The Heritage Center at Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia is home to:
- the Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
- an excellent genealogy library
- a gift
shop and bookstore SALE on selected items (see
below)
- an electric map depiction of General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson's Valley Campaign
- temporary and permanent museum exhibits
- talks and lectures on local history, genealogy and folk art.
A fee of $5.00 for nonmembers buys one-day admission to all exhibits on display, the electric map and the library. All facilities are free to members.
- Make Donations online.
- Rockingham mill information.
- Genealogists: Online sources now available on the Resources page.
- Rockingham WPA report transcriptions online.
- Site map
Transportation in the Shenandoah Valley
A new limited exhibit now through May 17. See the Current Exhibits section below for more information.
and members take an additional 10% off!
 Armentrout Family History - $50.00 |
 Abstracts Executor,
Admininistro, and Guardian Bonds - $8.00 |
 Portals to Shenandoah Valley -
$13.00 |
 Valley Aflame - $15.00 |
Members, please make a note in "comments" that you are a member and we will deduct an additional 10% from your order.
click here to order
The Spring 2008 Lecture Series:
(Note: All programs are at 7:00 p.m. at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Historical Society in Dayton.)Contact Mary Nelson or Richard Martin at the
Heritage Center in Dayton (540-879-2616) for more information.
May 8, 2008: Speaker: Ann L. Miller, Senior Research Historian, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, VA,
Chair, Virginia Historic Structures Task Group
Topic: Development of County Road Systems and Their Impact on Early Settlement
and more...: Events page
Transportation in the Shenandoah Valley
Starting with early Native American trails that became wagon roads and then highways, and continuing up to the automobiles of the early 20th century, this exhibit portrays the way people got around during the early years of the Valley. Old photos and assorted artifacts along with descriptive text, present the various stages in the development of a transportation system that shaped the progress of life in Rockingham and surrounding counties.
Next exhibit starts 2nd week in June. It is Valley Weddings then and now: 1873 to 2008. Many wedding gowns covering the time period will be on display. It will also cover wedding history and traditions.
Permanent Exhibits:Invincible Spirit: History in the Heart of the Shenandoah more
The Art of Tradition more
Wayland's 1953 Rockingham County Post
Offices
Also
available via PDF
(165 kb)