likely have suffered a different fate. Unfortunately, the museum has very few volunteers. “There is a list of volunteers that do a variety of things, but only a few of us that spend a good deal of time,” Jim explains. Virginia Isaacs and Roberta Stevens are two of the other volunteers that help alongside Jim Becket.

The library itself offers many stories to visitors, including displays about the town’s foundation. Not all residents are aware that the town was originally called “Davisville.” The name was changed by a man named William Scott in the early 1900s. He had owned and operated the newspaper for 35 years, and was a huge promoter of Davis at the time. In 1905, a decision was made to bring the university here to Davis. “It was a political process,” Jim says. Scott decided that the name Davisville was “too much of a hick town [name] for a university town,” and changed the name of the paper to the Davis Enterprise. “It took awhile for the post office to catch on,” Jim laughs.

Jim describes the contents of the museum to be “full range,” and includes games for kids to play as well as information and displays that interest both the local residents and those passing through. Conference attendees and their spouses make up a large part of the visitors at the museum, as do the parents of UC Davis students. “They’ve brought their