Indian Trails, stagecoaches, toll roads, tollgates, railroad depots, or roadside
inns are all part of the new exhibit at the Museum.
BUT that is exactly the focus of the new featured exhibit at the Museum.
Through photographs and narratives, the exhibit, Early Travel in Plains District,
traces the development of an Indian trail which became today’s Interstate 81 as well as
a toll road which became Rt. 259. It highlights the three area depots associated with
the coming of the railroad, the bus service which ran daily from Broadway and
Timberville to Harrisonburg, and the history of the three historical covered bridges in the
Plains District. At the center of the exhibit is an early 1900’s carriage used by a local
doctor to make house calls and the tools used by early railroad workers in the area.
The free exhibit will be on display through December 2024.