A History Lover's Guide to Richmond
A History Lover's Guide to Richmond

Author: Kristin T. Thrower Stowe

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-03-08

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1439672105

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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.

Richmond
Richmond

Author: Keshia A. Case

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-02-22

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 143963775X

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Images of America: Richmond: A Historic Walking Tour guides readers through one of the earliest cities in the United States. The book offers stories about settlers and Native Americans, our Founding Fathers, and even famous celebrities such as Elvis Presley, who made a visit to the Jefferson Hotel. 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 Historic Places; and even a ramble through Hollywood Cemetery, the picturesque 19th-century resting spot for many celebrated historical figures.

Visitor's Guide to Richmond and Vicinity
Visitor's Guide to Richmond and Vicinity

Author:

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-24

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781333335267

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Excerpt from Visitor's Guide to Richmond and Vicinity: Embracing a Sketch of the City, Social Statistics and Notices of All Places in and About the City of Interest to the Tourist Richmond is the seat of justice of Henrico county, and the capital of Virginia. It is located on the north east bank of the James River, at the lower falls, and at the head of tide-water. The distance from Rich mond to Washington, in an air-line, is one hundred miles. By railroad, it is one hundred and thirty miles from Washington, and one hundred and sixty-eight from Baltimore. The latitude of the capital is 37 32' 17 north, and the longitude is 77 27' 28 west. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Visitor's Guide to Richmond and Vicinity
Visitor's Guide to Richmond and Vicinity

Author: Anonymous

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-10

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9783337193348

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Visitor's Guide to Richmond and Vicinity - Embracing a sketch of the city, social statistics and notices of all places in and about the city of interest to the tourist is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.