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CALENDAR - THIS WEEK
CAPS Meeting / Public Safety Meeting
Wed Mar 10 6:00 pm
@EDI (701 N 25th St.)
Yoga @ the NRC
Wed Mar 10 7:00 pm
Wednesdays at 7pm $10 suggested donation, bring your mat and all levels are welcome!

CLASSIFIEDS
CASH FOR HOUSES: Local investors looking for houses in any condition. Can close in 3 weeks or less! www.Sell-in-Richmond.com or call 804-307-8139
The ClothesLine spring consignment sales are March 11-13 (children's) and March 18-20 (women's). Bon Air Comm. Ctr. 8725 Quaker Ln. 23235. www.theclothesline.biz for more info.
Need new cushions or covers for your old This End Up
Rooms Remembered in an Interior Decorating Service. We design comfortable and functional rooms for Residential & Commercial Spaces, that will Wow! your family, friends, and customers every time. 837-0317
House cleaning New Years special! $10 off your 1st 3 cleanings when you sign up for weekly, biweekly, or monthly services. Visit our website @ www.RichmondSpringCleaning.com or call 804-330-0270. Family owned and operated for 27 years.
Helping seniors downsize and move since 1998, More Than Moving For Seniors is a full-service senior move management company. We sort, pack, move, unpack, set up the new home and clear out houses. Call 232-6480 or Susan@MoreThanMovingInc.com
Kidtopia Now will hold our Women's Sale March 19-21 & March 26-29, 2010 at 3701 Old Hillard Rd Richmond, VA 23228. Come find 1000s of bargains on gently used and new women's clothing (petite to plus sizes & maternity) and accessories! www.kidtopianow.com



history archive


March 6, 2010

The World of Patience Gromes

Until recently, Richmind Then and Now’s archive of Times-Dispatch articles has been my only source of info on old Fulton. Add Scott Davis’ 1988 The World of Patience Gromes: Making and Unmaking a Black Community to the list of essential Richmond history reads.

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March 5, 2010

Forgotten Evergreen Cemetery

October 6, 2009

Good article about Fulton Hill in Richmond Magazine

For the full article go to RichmondMagazine.com

Dreaming of Green
Where a village was destroyed, a planned community may rise in brownfields
The Beginning of the End
Fulton in the mid-1960s was variously described in the press as

August 17, 2009

The Affair in Fulton

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In following out something else, I ran across this July 19, 1903, issue of the Times-Dispatch that details The Affair in Fulton, in which Messrs.Redford and Carroll are arrested and then turned loose after some shooting on Williamsburg Road.

February 20, 2009

The Life and Times of Rocketts Landing Businessman Charles Lewis

Anita Wills

Anita Wills

Charles and Ambrose Lewis were born in King George County to a white father, and Mulatto mother.

January 5, 2009

Inauguration Jam @ the NRC!

inaug1As the center begins its fifth year of service to the community, America swears in a new President. To celebrate these grand occasions, the NRC is hosting an Inauguration Jam on January 20th beginning at 7pm. Live music will be provided by Hotel X. The President

September 29, 2008

Richmond Then and Now

A friend told me about RichmondThenandNow.com. The website offers some history on Fulton Hill’s past.

September 28, 2008

Help with some history, please.

I’m looking for a good source (or sources) to learn the history of my property on Rawlings – the old neighborhood Doctor’s house at 1707.

I have heard several folks say that this was a significant spot during the Civil War, and even that there are tunnels located somewhere under my land which assisted in slaves becoming free women and men. How awesome, if it’s true!

When I first bought my house, I wrote to PBS’s History Detectives to see if they would come out here and check into it. I thought it would make a cool story. They never contacted me, though.

The other day, another person mentioned that they understood my property to have been important in helping slaves escape, so I figured I would try another route to discovery. I really don’t know where to start, though. History is not a real strong suit of mine.

Anyone have any ideas? As well as pointing me in the direction of factual sources, I would welcome any folklore that anyone has. Seems like quite a few people that have lived up here for a while are familiar with the place.

Thanks for reading!
Shannon

April 28, 2008

Historic Photos of Richmond

There are more than a few great books covering specific facets of Richmond’s history. The recent Historic Photos of Richmond “captures this city’s journey through still photography selected from the finest archives” with a well-selected set of photos from the 1860s to the 1960s.

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February 2, 2008

Old House Authority offers restoration information

The RTD’s New venture can help with restoration profiles the Old House Authority, a new venture of Jennie Dotts, Walter Dotts, and Dixon Kerr that offers services and information on restoration experts and old-house renovation, and “sells products such as invisible storm windows that are historically accurate, aesthetically pleasing and energy efficient”. The Old House Authority also offers assistance to artisans and craftsmen.

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