Danville Heritage Museum Plan

By the Danville Heritage Association

The proposed Danville Area Museum will be located within the structure of 101 E. Ross St.  The Museum will provide the community with a place to showcase the unique history of the Danville area, pictures of Danville in its infancy and its growth, and  objects, items, and documents of its past.  A place for one and all to learn Our Heritage.

Evolution of 3 Villages into the Village of Danville

1.    Danville - by Daniel Sapp

2.    Rosstown/later Rossville - by Jacob Ross          

3.    Buckeye City - by J. C. Tilton

Growth of Education in the Danville Area – a chronology

1.    Danville Schools

2.    Township Schools

3.    Graduating Students, Class Groupings & Class Pictures

4.    Compile & Digitize all Clarion Yearbooks

5.    Student’s Classroom Books

6.    Athletics / Music / Activities

Impact on Community by

1.    Stores, Merchants, Marketplace

2.    Industry & Agriculture

3.    The Railroad

4.    Notable People & Stories

5.    Danville Fire Department

6.    Rails to Trails Bikepath development

Veterans Corner – History and background of our veterans who served.

Raccoon Dinner – 85-year old Lions Club & the 80-year history of the Raccoon Dinner.

History of the Surrounding Communities

1.    Brinkhaven / Gann – previously Mt. Holly

2.    Greer - previously Greersville

3.    Millwood

4.    Zuck (pronounced zook / destroyed in 1913 flood); Walhonding; Cavallo (canal terminus), Howard, Amity, Jelloway, Apple Valley

5.    Terminal Morain – the end of the glacier

Website - Appropriate portions of the Danville Heritage Museum will be part of the Website www.DanvilleHeritage.org

Donation of historic pictures, stories, documents, books, or items of our heritage will be welcomed.