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Author : Walter Samuel Griggs (jr.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (636 download)
Download or read book A History of the Church Hill Tunnel written by Walter Samuel Griggs (jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter S. Griggs Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614234876
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book The Collapse of Richmond's Church Hill Tunnel written by Walter S. Griggs Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the facts and mysteries surrounding the history and collapse of Richmond, Virginia's Church Hill Tunnel. A must for fans of railroad and Richmond history. Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, was in shambles after the Civil War. The bulk of Reconstruction became dependent on the railways, and one of the most important links in the system was the Church Hill Tunnel. The tunnel was eventually rendered obsolete by an alternative path over a viaduct, and it was closed for regular operation in 1902. However, the city still used it infrequently to transport supplies, and it was maintained with regular safety inspections. The city decided to reopen the tunnel in 1925 due to overcrowding on the viaduct, but the tunnel needed to be strengthened and enlarged. On October 2, 1925, 190 ft. of the tunnel unexpectedly caved in, trapping construction workers and an entire locomotive inside. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the tunnel and the mystery surrounding its collapse. There were cave-ins and sink holes above the surface for decades after the tunnel was sealed up, and in 1998, a reporter from the Richmond Times-Dispatch did an investigation, trying to determine the current condition of the tunnel. In 2006, the Virginia Historical Society announced its efforts to try and excavate the locomotive and remaining bodies.
Author : Ryan Pace
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Train Under Church Hill written by Ryan Pace and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristin T. Thrower Stowe
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439672105
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book A History Lover's Guide to Richmond written by Kristin T. Thrower Stowe and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Walter S. Griggs Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614236658
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Hidden History of Richmond written by Walter S. Griggs Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Walter S. Griggs Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467118869
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Historic Disasters of Richmond written by Walter S. Griggs Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmond has had its share of man-made and natural calamities throughout its illustrious history. In 1811, fire destroyed the Richmond Theatre on Broad Street, tragically claiming seventy-two lives in one of the worst urban disasters in American history. As Union forces approached Richmond in the final months of the Civil War, Confederate troops ignited the city in flames, leaving scars still visible today. The international Spanish flu epidemic did not spare the city in the early twentieth century. The worst airplane crash in Virginia history occurred near Byrd Airport in 1961. Local author Walter S. Griggs tells these stories and more as he traces the harrowing history of Richmond's most famous disasters.
Author : Dr. Alan N. Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439677522
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Unexplained South written by Dr. Alan N. Brown and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the South, mystery comes heaped with added richness. And in this collection of comfort food for the curious mind, author Alan Brown guides readers into the most delightful medley of mystery the South has on offer. Witches in Tennessee. The devil's hoofprints in North Carolina. Voodoo in New Orleans. In this South, meat rains from the sky in Bath, Kentucky. A professor's thigh makes the case for spontaneous combustion in Nashville. UFO-induced radiation sickness befalls Huffman, Texas. From bluesman Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil in Arkansas to the oak tree that defends the innocence of a man executed in Mobile, sometimes the inexplicable is truly the most satisfying.
Author : Denver Michaels
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467152714
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Strange Tales from Virginia's Foothills to the Coast: The Richmond Vampire, the Witch of Pungo, the Dismal Swamp Monster & More written by Denver Michaels and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Dominion is filled with the unexplained... With a history stretching back to the 1607 Jamestown settlement, Virginia is rich in mystery. There are ghost towns, fake towns, a vampire in Richmond, a Bunnyman in Clifton and secret government sites all over. Colonists buried gold along the James River and Sir Francis Bacon's plan for a "New Atlantis" lies in a vault in Williamsburg. Fabled pirates Captain Kidd and Blackbeard stashed treasure along the Virginia coast. A ghost light appears at a railroad crossing near West Point and mysterious booms rattle windows from central Virginia to the Eastern Shore. Cryptid creatures stalk the forests from Fairfax County to the Great Dismal Swamp. A devil monkey lurks in Goochland, Bigfoot roams Marine Corps Base Quantico, and a sea serpent swims through the Chesapeake Bay. Join Virginia native Denver Michaels as he explores these legends and many more.
Author : Aaron Mahnke
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 1524798037
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The World of Lore: Dreadful Places written by Aaron Mahnke and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark, featuring stories from the podcast Lore—now a streaming television series—including “Echoes,” “Withering Heights,” and “Behind Closed Doors” as well as rare material. Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or even a town, and you feel it. Something seems off—an atmosphere that leaves you oddly unsettled, with a sense of lingering darkness. Join Aaron Mahnke, the host of the popular podcast Lore, as he explores some of these dreadful places and the history that haunts them. Mahnke takes us to Colorado and the palatial Stanley Hotel, where wealthy guests enjoyed views of the Rocky Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century—and where, decades later, a restless author would awaken from a nightmare, inspired to write one of the most revered horror novels of all time. Mahnke also crosses land and sea to visit frightful sites—from New Orleans to Richmond, Virginia, to the brooding, ancient castles of England—each with its own echoes of dark deeds, horrible tragedies, and shocking evil still resounding. Filled with evocative illustrations, this eerie tour of lurid landmarks and doomed destinations is just the ticket to take armchair travelers with a taste for the macabre to places they never thought they’d visit in their wildest, scariest dreams. The World of Lore series includes: MONSTROUS CREATURES • WICKED MORTALS • DREADFUL PLACES Praise for World of Lore: Dreadful Places “Well-written, rooted in deep historical research, and ridiculously entertaining . . . Each chapter brings a creepy story from folklore to life. . . . Hair-raising stuff.”—SyFy Wire “Fans of the Lore podcast won’t want to miss this latest volume in the creator’s series, a collection of illustrated versions of both rare and well-known stories about ‘lurid landmarks and doomed destinations.’”—io9 “Dreadful Places is a delight for Lore fans and newbies alike. In the book, [Aaron] Mahnke visits places around the world that are steeped in a supernatural legacy.”—Refinery29
Author : Emilee Hines
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493015931
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Virginia Myths and Legends written by Emilee Hines and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of our new and growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends of Virginia explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Virginia's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Virginia history.
Author : Library of Congress
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1700 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Brown Goode
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Virginia Cousins written by George Brown Goode and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diane Kemp
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782225951
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Cudham Church – A History of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cudham written by Diane Kemp and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exact date when a church came into existence at Cudham is not known, but there is a record of a payment of 7d for oil in the year AD 953, indicating that Cudham had a priest and a font, and in a Saxon script reference is made to a church in AD 982. St Peter and St Paul, Cudham, is designated Grade II* in the listing of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, described as an “Excellent multi-phase medieval church, which underwent considerable restoration in the 1890’s.” The author draws on papers that have come to light over her 20 year tenancy of the ancient post of Churchwarden to write this first comprehensive history and guide to the church. Where it helps to explain something, or put it into context, she has included additional reference information. The papers hint at events in Cudham church’s long history, though they can barely scratch the surface of all that has happened to and in it since the local Christians built the original one. This book goes some way to bring this history to life.
Author : Charles A. Mills
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439673357
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Virginia Legends & Lore written by Charles A. Mills and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, Virginians have told, retold and embellished wonderful stories of their history. Legends such as the "wild Spanish ponies" of Chincoteague, General Braddock's lost gold, the Mount Vernon Monster and the Richmond Vampire tug at the imagination. Revolutionary War heroes, Annandale's Bunny Man, the enslaved woman who became a Union spy in the White House of the Confederacy and many others left imprints on the Commonwealth of Virginia. Explore secret societies, hidden knowledge and the mysteries of the universe with author Chuck Mills.
Author : Virginia State Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Virginiana in the Printed Book Collections of the Virginia State Library: Subjects written by Virginia State Library and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Alonzo Brock
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Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Virginia and Virginians written by Robert Alonzo Brock and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
