True Richmond Stories
Author | : Harry Kollatz |
Publisher | : American Chronicles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781596292680 |
Articles which originally appeared in a local history column in Richmond magazine.
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Author | : Harry Kollatz |
Publisher | : American Chronicles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781596292680 |
Articles which originally appeared in a local history column in Richmond magazine.
Author | : Harry Kollatz Jr. |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2007-07-31 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1625844018 |
Compiled for the first time in this volume, this selection of articles by Harry Kollatz Jr. sheds light Richmond's lesser-known history. Richmond, Virginia's beautiful capital on the James River, has seen more than its fair share of history. Although it is probably best known as the site of one of the first English settlements in America and its role as the Confederate capitol in the Civil War, the city's past has much more to offer. Since 1992, Harry Kollatz Jr. has been recording the lesser-known heritage of Virginia's Holy City in his "Richmond Flashbacks" column in Richmond magazine. From the inauguration of the world's first practical electric trolley system an early Civil Rights activists, to a psychic horse and a wild ride on a sturgeon, he has covered it all.
Author | : Walter S. Griggs Jr. |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2012-08-28 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1614236658 |
The lesser-known tales of the personalities who shaped the capital's past are unearthed from the archives by Richmond Guide writer Walter S. Griggs Jr. The course of Richmond's history as it emerged from the Civil War as a bustling economic powerhouse is well recorded. Yet there are some stories that have all but vanished from recollection. From the hushed whispers of an entire congregation as Robert E. Lee prayed with a slave at communion to the donation of over two hundred pigeons by fellow Richmonders to serve the war effort, these are lost vignettes of Richmond. Travel with Griggs to the bygone days of the twentieth century to test-drive the first successful automobile manufactured in Richmond, the Kline Kar, or witness the first airplane to fly over Richmond, the Gold Bug soaring over the Diamond. Hidden History of Richmond is a fascinating collection that reveals the city's forgotten but most remarkable histories.
Author | : Kristin Thrower |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467142174 |
Best known as the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond's history encompasses much more than the Civil War. Visit the state capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, and tour Shockoe Bottom, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. Follow the route that enslaved people took from the ships to the auction block on the Richmond Slave Trail. Go back to Gilded Age Richmond at the Jefferson Hotel and learn the history of the statues that once lined the famed Monument Avenue. See lesser-known sites like the Maggie Walker Home and the Black History Museum in the historically African American Jackson Ward neighborhood. Local author Kristin Thrower Stowe guides a series of expeditions through the River City's past.
Author | : Sherry Norfolk |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2014-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625845715 |
The Virginia Giant, a one-man army! Peter Francisco was believed to have had almost super-human strength. According to legend, George Washington said, "Without him we would have lost two crucial battles, perhaps the war, and with it our freedom." Francisco, a Portuguese immigrant, was raised outside Richmond and after hearing Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech, he joined the Virginia Colonial Militia. He was known for his battle-hardened skills, and his bravery at Brandywine, Stony Point, Camden and Guilford Courthouse led to stories of epic portions. Join authors Bobby and Sherry Norfolk as they separate fact from myth on topics ranging from pirates to redcoats to exciting acts of valor in this remarkable story of a true American hero.
Author | : Sally Chew |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1999-09-15 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 9780312970147 |
This compelling book reveals fascinating truth about a crime involving a teenage lesbian love triangle that exploded when two girls dragged their roommate into a wooded area and beat and stabbed her to death in Richmond, Virginia, in July 1997.Chew covered the story for "Out" magazine. 8 pages of photos.
Author | : R. M. Ahmose |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2012-01-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781469700359 |
During a preliminary investigation, researchers of the paranormal found Richmond, Virginia to be a strong candidate for a study of ghosts of its past. Eight researchers were selected to conduct a study of extra-normal phenomena in specific areas of the city. four from Richmond and four from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Among the Massachusetts group is the newest investigator, Professor Zatorah Leeman. This project piques her interest for a number of reasons. For one, Richmond is both the city of her birth and a place of which she has little knowledge or memory. Her mother has been closed-mouthed about the particulars of her brief marriage and stay in Richmond around the time of Zatorahs birth. The research begins, and the team visits locations in Richmond that earlier showed high concentrations of otherworldly energy. The Richmond psychic, Evan Nesset, a spirit-hunting eccentric, serves as the teams spirit channeler and relays the ghostly messages he receives at the various sites. To everyones growing amazement, some of what Nessets spirits have to say relate to Zatorah and to Merquan Paler, a streetwise hustler from one of Richmonds most ill-reputed public housing projects. Their unusual alliance provides extraordinary insights into the past.
Author | : Marie Tyler-McGraw |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807844762 |
A study of nearly four hundred years in the history of Richmond, Virginia, ranges from the first encounters between English colonists and Powhatan to the inauguration of Douglas Wilder, America's first elected African-American governor
Author | : Marianne R. Richmond |
Publisher | : Marianne Richmond Studios, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781934082256 |
"Mama," said Barley. "Tell me again how I'm your wish come true." Barley Bear loves to hear about how he was Mama's special wish. So begins You Are My Wish Come True, a tender tale of devotion between parent and child. Settled into their favorite cuddle spot, Mama reassures Barley that he was wished for, prayed for and waited for. And that he is far more beautiful and precious than she could have ever imagined! Endearing prose and charming watercolor illustrations make this book a delightful way to cozy up with a beloved child.
Author | : Harry Kollatz Jr |
Publisher | : History Press Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2008-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781540218599 |
The three years from 1909 to 1911 were busy ones in Richmond, what with the misadventures of Adon A. Yoder, a muckraking pamphleteer who gets beaten up, sued and thrown in jail; the organizing of women like Lila Meade Valentine to fight for their right to vote; the art of sculptor Ferruccio Legnaioli; the novels of Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston and James Branch Cabell; increased restrictions against African Americans; a public spectacle surrounding the murder trial of Henry Clay Beattie Jr.; exotic flying machines and automobile endurance contests; and the recording of Polk Miller and his Old South Quartette. Join local author Harry Kollatz Jr. (True Richmond Stories) as he revives the city of a century ago for a tour of Richmond in ragtime.