From the Valentine Museum/Richmond History Center:
June 21, 2-4 p.m.
Oregon Hill Walking Tour
Oregon Hill originated as a grouping of residences for workers from the Tredegar Iron Works and survives today as a tight-knit working class enclave that has continued to thrive with remarkable cohesion. Learn about its history and newer developments on this tour of the neighborhood. Meet at Laurel and Idlewood streets.
At the conclusion of the Civil War, the U.S. military telegraph troops were photographed in Oregon Hill in April 1865 with their covered wagons. The many tents and temporary stables shown near the houses on the 100 block of S. Cherry suggest that these troops were bivouacked in Oregon Hill. The photographs were taken from the vantage point of looking north towards West Cary Street, with the rear of the William Smith House, which has survived at 611 W. Cary Street, shown in the detail. Very high resolution copies of these two photos can be downloaded for free from the Library of Congress website:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013647869/
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000706/PP/
Photo credits: Library of Congress
From email announcement:
It’s about the food.
For the finest in fresh, locally grown,
healthy foods, do your shopping at
Byrd House Market!√ eggs
√ chicken
√ sausages
√ beets
√ cucumbers
√ green beans
√ mushrooms
√ onions
√ potatoes
√ spinach
√ sprouts
√ squash
√ turnips
√ blackberries
√ blueberries
√ cherries
√ herbs
√ honey
√ noodles
√ pastries
√ Irish breads
√ pops
√ and more!
“$10 Deal” Vendors
are Agriberry, The Byrd Farm, Two & A Half Irishmen, Origins Farm, Tomten Farm, and Deer Run Farm.
This week’s nonprofit is Richmond Tree StewardsIt’s hot today so stay in the cool and breezy, drink plenty of water, dress lightly, keep your head covered and eat like you love your body!
Our mailing address is:
WBCH Byrd House Farmers Market
224 S Cherry St, Richmond, VA, United States
Richmond, VA 23220
Richmond Tree Stewards are asking residents to help:
The forecast for the coming week is HOT and most parts of Richmond have not received an inch of rain in the last week and so…
Trees planted this year and last need help from the people who live or work near them.
A few minutes of your time and 15 – 20 gallons of water is all that’s needed to help these new trees thrive. Watering once a week would be best now; every two weeks is OK.
If you don’t have a watering bag, a slow trickle from the garden hose works well.
Let it run long enough to deliver at least 15 gallons.
I think someone lost their toy figure and now it is waiting for it’s owner by the front counter at Fine Foods.
The ASL Walking Tour of Hollywood Cemetery this Thursday will share some interesting facts about Jefferson Davis’ son, Billy, who was hard of hearing and about the Davis’ family connection to renowned deaf artist John Carlin.Dr. Pajka will also be discussing American novelist Ellen Glasgow who communicated largely via writing due to her deafness.
This walking tour will be given in American Sign Language and will not be voice interpreted. The tour will begin at 9:00am. This is a walking tour of approximately two miles, so please dress for weather and walking. We ask that participants make a $15 contribution to Friends of Hollywood Cemetery.
For more information, please visit the FaceBook event page or the Hollywood Cemetery event reservation page.
This message is appearing local social media about what is happening at Open High:
Our staff at OHS was just informed this afternoon that Open HIgh School for next year is losing 1 whole English Teacher Position, 1/2 of a Science Teacher Position and 1/2 of a Foreign Language Teacher Position (French), and 1/2 of the ONLY Fine Arts Teacher Position. The fine arts program will be slashed in half, leaving Brigette there only part time. The system has decided that a ratio of 22:1 per classroom is acceptable. As a specialty program, we WERE fortunate enough to have smaller class sizes. RPS administration wants to change this for next year.
THE DEADLINE OF WHICH TEACHERS WILL STAY AND WHICH TEACHERS WILL HAVE TO LEAVE OR CUT TO HALF TIME HOURS WILL BE THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 16.
IF YOU WANT THE OPEN HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM TO REMAIN THE WAY IT IS….Please call THE Richmond Public Schools Superintendant’s Office this Monday morning, June 15 to VOICE YOUR CONCERNS.
PLEASE HELP US SAVE OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOL AND SPECIALTY PROGRAM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO OFFICIAL PRINCIPAL SO IT IS UP TO YOU AND ALL OF US PARENTS, STUDENTS AND GUARDIANS AT OPEN HIGH TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR WONDERFUL STAFF. I don’t have anymore information at this time.
Dr Bedden’s email is-dbedden@richmond.k12.va.us
The phone number for the Superintedant’s Office is 780-7710
You may also want to reach out and contact the entire RPS school board.
Oregon Hill suffered tremendous losses in housing and history when the Downtown Expressway‘s construction tore a great scar through the neighborhood in the 1970’s. Among the resources that were lost was the Engine House No. 6 that was formerly at the corner of Cumberland and Laurel. The bell that was in a cupola on the roof of Engine House No. 6 was moved to the replacement firehouse at Canal and Jefferson Streets. These photographs in the collection of the Richmond History Center, show the original firehouse in 1957 and 1895:
Photo credits:
slide of building, 1957, Richmond History Center
fire engine photos, 1895, Richmond History Center
