
Richmond
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published on 20. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-4671-1410-3 (ISBN)
Description
Founded by Quakers from North Carolina more than 200 years ago, Richmond boasts a rich and colorful history. White and black migrants from older parts of the United States joined emigrants from Ireland and Germany to create a diverse, flourishing, and at times contentious community. Railroads, the Whitewater Canal, and the National Road laid the foundations for economic growth before the Civil War, and Richmond grew steadily in population and prosperity from the Civil War until the late 20th century. Local folklore claims that at one time the city had more millionaires in proportion to population than any other place in the United States. While erecting remarkable homes and buildings, founding enduring institutions like schools, churches, and museums, and supporting at one time as many as six newspapers, Richmond produced memorable and colorful characters who left their mark not just in Richmond and Indiana, but around the United States.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4671-1410-3 (9781467114103)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Susan E. King, an archivist at Richmond's Morrisson-Reeves Library, and Thomas D. Hamm, a professor of history and archivist at Earlham College, have drawn from their institutions' collections and others to create a photographic portrait of Richmond since its founding.