Richmond

  • Richmond
    By Susan E. King

    GARFIELD SCHOOL . This school was built at North Eighth and B Streets in 1895 . In 1909 , it became the west annex of the Morton High School , and the Garfield name was transferred to the building on South Twelfth Street .

  • Richmond
    By Clinton Drake and Theresa Jach

    Jim Harper and Tom Hickey stand in a wagon at the railroad depot with two unidentified men. Jim Harper was an agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1910 at age 22. His sister, Tillie, worked as a telephone operator for the ...

  • Richmond
    By Thomas D. Hamm, Susan E. King

    Charles Fisher Coffin (1823–1916) and his wife, Rhoda M. (Johnson) Coffin (1826–1909), were among Richmond's best-known residents in the mid-19th century. Charles was the president of the Richmond National Bank, and both were Quaker ...

  • Richmond: A Historic Walking Tour
    By Keshia A. Case

    Presented in this book are several walking tours, including one through Capitol Square, home to the Thomas Jefferson-designed state capitol; a stroll down Monument Avenue, one of the first streets to be listed on the National Register of ...

  • Richmond
    By Keshia A. Case

    Keshia A. Case. POSTCARDS of America RICHMOND 15 HISTORIC POSTCARDS Copyright © 2010 by Keshia A . Case ISBN 978. Front Cover.

  • Richmond: Living in the Shadow of Death
    By Andrew Ragavaloo

    On Thursday, 22 May, Percy Thompson's mother, Lulu Thompson, telephoned me at around 20:00. She was hysterical. The Thompson family had always been staunch members of the ANC. She said that a friend from Indaleni had told her that she ...

  • Richmond: The Story of a City
    By Virginius Dabney

    His essay in rebuttal is a classic of gallant , tongue - in - cheek tributes to " a great lady , " artfully combined ... His two latest are Merry Gentlemen and One Lady , a series of sketches of fourteen prominent writers , such as Fred ...