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63 unusual facts about Richmond


1935 in organized crime

Tri-State Gang leaders Walter Legenza and Robert Mais had previously been convicted of murder and executed in Richmond, Virginia in February.

Aaron T. Bliss

Then he was captured on General Wilson’s raid near Richmond.

Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy

A goddaughter of Robert E. Lee and a granddaughter of the engineer and senator William Cabell Rives, who had also been American ambassador to France, she was born in Richmond, Virginia and named after her aunt Amélie, a goddaughter of French Queen Marie-Amélie.

Battle of Crooked River

They relocated their families to Richmond and Liberty, the county seats of Ray and Clay, respectively, and claimed that their lives had been threatened and their property had been stolen by the Mormons.

Berkeley Parents Network

Although members do not need to live in Berkeley, they do have to live "within commuting distance," which includes San Francisco, about as far north as Richmond and Pinole, as far south as Hayward, and as far east as Lamorinda.

Camp Merrie-Woode

Founded in 1919, Camp Merrie-Woode® was directed for nearly thirty years by Mrs. Jonathon C. Day of New York and Richmond.

Chapman code

They can however be useful for disambiguation by postal services where a full county name or traditional abbreviation is not supplied after a place name which has more than one occurrence, a particular problem where these are post towns such as Richmond.

Cherry Red Records

New A&R head Mike Alway had promoted the Snoopy's venue in Richmond and been involved with the Scissor Fits, and would sign a clutch of groups (The Monochrome Set, Everything But The Girl, Eyeless in Gaza, Felt, Five Or Six, etc.

Crime 360

Crime 360 is an American reality television show based on homicide detective units in various cities across the United States, including Richmond, Virginia; Rochester, New York; Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio.

Derek Cha

Their next stores were then opened in Chesterfield, Richmond, Charlottesville, Lynchburg and Williamsburg, Virginia.

Drive-By Romance

Drive-By Romance is the title of a digital-only EP released by the Richmond, Virginia, based Pat McGee Band.

Driving club

It used to meet at Lord Chesterfield's house, and drive, in procession, to dinner at the Castle Hotel in Richmond.

Eck Robertson

After the Richmond, Virginia reunion in June 1922, Gilliland and Robertson traveled to New York City, auditioned for and received a recording contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company.

Enrico Banducci

In 1988, after he lost Enrico's to one of its several closures over the years, he became a hot dog vendor in Richmond, Virginia, at the "hungry i hot dog stand," located on very expensive property in the city's most upscale restaurant district that he'd purchased for his son years earlier; he moved back to San Francisco in the late 1990s.

Exinda

The city of Richmond, California used Exinda products to filter out video traffic from sites such as YouTube.

George Errington

George Errington (1804–1886), the second son of Thomas Errington and Katherine (Dowdall) of Clints Hall, Richmond, Yorkshire, was a Roman Catholic churchman.

George Paloczi-Horvath

Paloczi-Horvath settled in Richmond, London with his family, and earned his living as a freelance writer and journalist.

Guy D'Artois

Lionel Guy (generally known by his second name) d'Artois was born in Richmond, Quebec in 1917.

Harry Thomas, Sr.

Thomas grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and dropped out of high school before enlisting in the army during World War II.

History of Montgomery, Alabama

In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May of that year.

Horacio Lugo

José Horacio Lugo is a former Argentine football player, he played for more than 15 years, and after retiring moved to Richmond, Virginia.

Hordern-Richmond

Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond with Edmund Hordern (former test pilot of Heston Aircraft Company Ltd.) originally formed the company with the intention of producing aircraft of their own design, specifically the Hordern-Richmond Autoplane, based at Denham Aerodrome.

Indian Rock Park

The top of the main outcropping, Indian Rock, commands a spectacular view that encompasses sights from downtown Oakland and the University of California campus to the south; central Berkeley, San Francisco Bay, and San Francisco to the west; and Marin County and Richmond, California to the northwest and north.

InnoPath Software

innoPath is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with international offices worldwide, including Nacka, Sweden; Beijing, China; Richmond, London, United Kingdom; Tokyo, Japan; and Seoul, Korea.

James H. Baker

He became a teacher, and had charge of the Female Seminary at Richmond, Indiana.

John Ryden

After his football career had ended, Ryden was employed by a finance and insurance broker in the companies offices at Maidstone and later in Richmond.

John S. Cohen

He was educated at private schools in Augusta, the Richmond Academy, and Shenandoah Valley Academy at Winchester, Virginia.

John Short

Born in Richmond, Upper Canada and educated in Lennoxville, Canada East, he was the son of the Reverend Robert Short and Margaret Lyon, the grandson of John Quirk Short and the great-grandson of Robert Quirk Short.

Kathleen Maltzahn

She is a former councillor for the City of Yarra and was the Greens candidate for the state seat of Richmond in the 2010 Victorian state election.

Lonnie Athens

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Athens lived with his parents, Irene and Pete Athens.

Lucretia Edwards

She was married to Tom Edwards and had three children, the family lived in a Point Richmond, California, house for 37 years, where she also died.

Maple Falls, Washington

Among the first settlers of Maple Falls was Herbert Everant Leavitt, a native of Melbourne, Quebec, Canada.

Martin Samuel Cohen

Cohen also served as rabbi at 1986-1999 at Beth Tikvah Congregation in Richmond, British Columbia and from 1999-2002 at Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, California.

Mason Bates

Bates was raised in Richmond, Virginia, where he attended St. Christopher's School.

No-knock warrant

The number of no-knock raids has increased from 3,000 in 1981 to more than 50,000 in 2005, according to Peter Kraska, a criminologist at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond.

Non-Partisan Association

There are, and have also been in the past, Non-Partisan Association political parties in the nearby municipalities of Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey.

North Main BBQ

North Main BBQ has won many awards, but the pinnacle has been "Best Ribs in the World" at the World Invitational Rib Championship in Richmond, Virginia, which was awarded twice to North Main.

Phryne Fisher

Phryne was not always rich, having been born into a poor family in Richmond, Melbourne.

Powhite Park

Powhite Park is a 100 acre park in the city limits of Richmond, Virginia.

Property Virgins

Subsequent seasons of the show have included both Toronto and major metropolitan areas in the United States, such as Washington, D.C., Richmond, Cincinnati, Austin Texas, Boston and Miami.

Richard R. Lee

Currently, Lee is a senior production member, on-air programmer, and webmaster for KCRT-TV, a Richmond, California TV station.

Richmond Art Museum

The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana.

Richmond Union Passenger Railway

The Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia, was the first practical electric trolley (tram) system, and set the pattern for most subsequent electric trolley systems around the world.

Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal

Richmond was established in 1850 as Beaulieu-on-Illovo by British Byrne Settlers who were originally from Beaulieu, the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Richmond, Maine

In the 1950s and 1960s, there was also a large influx of White Russian emigres, who earlier fled the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and eventually came to Richmond both from Europe and from major US cities like New York.

Richmond, Massachusetts

On the state level, Richmond is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as part of the Second Berkshire district, represented by Paul Mark, which covers central Berkshire County, as well as portions of Hampshire and Franklin counties.

Richmond, New South Wales

Richmond High School is the only High School in the town of Richmond, as Colo High School draws from the area west of Richmond and Windsor High School to the east.

Richmond, Oregon

Richmond lies on Richmond Road southeast of its intersection with Oregon Route 207 between Mitchell and Service Creek.

Richmond, Queensland

Richmond has a public library, golf course, bowling club, swimming facilities, race course, caravan park, tourist information centre and a fossil museum named Kronosaurus Korner.

Richmondshire Subscription Concerts

Richmondshire Subscription Concerts (RSC) is a music society based in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Rick Stuart

Stuart grew up on the Richmond-El Cerrito border and went to High School at Salesian High School in Richmond.

Robert Bogue

Born in Minden, Nebraska as the youngest of three brothers, Bogue was raised in Hays, Kansas and Richmond, Kentucky.

Slave Pit Records

Hunter Jackson rents a studio in an old Richmond Dairy building, intending to shoot a space pirate movie entitled "Scumdogs of the Universe".

Something to Lust About

Something to Lust About is the second EP by Richmond, Virginia's Scarlet.

St. John's German Evangelical Church

St. John's United Church of Christ, Richmond, Virginia, a historic church originally known as Saint John's German Lutheran Evangelical Church

Sugar pie

The largest producer of these pies is Wick's Pies, whose plant is twenty-five miles north of Richmond, Indiana, in Winchester, Indiana, and makes 750,000 sugar cream pies a year.

Tarnel Abbott

Tarnel Abbott is the reference librarian of the Richmond, California Library and has used her position to advocate for free speech.

They Were Better Live

The recording was of the band's series of live shows at the Central Club Hotel in Richmond.

Tuff Monks

The collaboration only ever appeared live once, at Richmond's Tiger Lounge venue doing a cover version of "Ring of Fire".

Ulrich S. Schubert

Prof Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert also gained musical education as clarinetist in Frankfurt (Germany), Richmond and Tampa (both USA).

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He studied chemistry at the Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth (both Germany) and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (USA).

Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne

The cinema opened its doors on June 10, 1976 at a location on Victoria Street, Richmond.

Westminster-Richmond

It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Chilliwhack were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890 only and was a subdivision of the older New Westminster (provincial electoral district) riding.


103rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

They then marched northward, passing through the former Confederate capital city of Richmond and arriving at Washington City around May 20, 1865.

4 Hutton Centre

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A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story

The documentary chronicles the entire 60-year history of the Richmond-based retailer, Circuit City.

Annie Lim

Lim opened her first Canadian custom-cake shop, called "Chocolate Lover Cakes", in Richmond, British Columbia.

Antillean Cave Rail

Bone fragments of this species were first unearthed by archaeologist Theodoor de Booy in kitchen midden deposits on the Richmond estate near Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands in July 1916 and described by Alexander Wetmore in 1918.

Beth Brown

She coordinated the first paranormal investigation of Monumental Church (Richmond, Virginia) and has, to date, conducted the only official study of Sherwood Forest (Charles City, Virginia), home of President John Tyler.

Candy Jim Taylor

The Great Depression took its toll on the economics of the game, and while managing the 1933 Richmond All-Stars, Taylor was forced to sell the team bus, and later had to send the players home.

Carole Cook

Cook received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Baylor University, the S.T.A.G.E. Producers Award and the Hero in the Fight Against AIDS Award from the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation, as well as eight Drama-Logue and Robby Awards.

Clover Forest Plantation

Clover Forest Plantation, located in Goochland, Virginia between Richmond and Charlottesville, is an authentically restored James River estate consisting of terraced landscaped grounds, a private lake, and a Federal-style mansion with portions dating back to pre-revolutionary America.

Cycling in San Francisco

Most of the bike lanes are located in relatively flat neighborhoods close to the center of the city, including SoMa, the Mission, Haight-Ashbury, and the Richmond.

Darren Gaspar

Gaspar continued his good form in 2001, winning the Jack Dyer Medal and helping Richmond reach the finals for the first time since the 1995 AFL season.

Dean Richmond

In 1861, as President-Elect Abraham Lincoln made his way to Washington, D.C., the engine that pulled the train was The Dean Richmond.

Denis Mackey

Mackey was born at Richmond in Melbourne to commercial traveller Alphonsus Denis Mackey and Dulcie Edith, née Reid.

Don Dubbins

Child actor Stephen Talbot delivers a compelling role as Ab Martin, Cantwell's prize pupil who at the end of the episode recites to his dying teacher part of Patrick Henry's 1775 address at St. Johns' Church.

Ebenezer Moseley

When Ebenezer, known as Eben, was five years old, the family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia and set up a shipyard in Richmond in the north of Halifax.

Electoral division of Rumney

The division covers an area of 1,516 km² and includes a number of outer Hobart localities including; Lauderdale, Rokeby, Cambridge, Sorell, Richmond.

F. Flaxington Harker

Beginning in 1914, Harker served as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia.

Fading Trails

It is a compilation of tracks from four different recording sessions, including recordings at Electrical Audio in Chicago, engineered by Steve Albini, Sound of Music Studio in Richmond, Virginia, produced by David Lowery, and Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, engineered by James Lott.

February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four

Nationally broadcast on Independent Lens on PBS, it tells the story of The Greensboro Four, four young college freshman, Joe McNeil, David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Ezell Blair Jr. now Jibreel Khazan, who staged a sit-in at Woolworth's in 1960 to protest segregation practices.

Fleetwood Area School District

The district serves students in the community of Fleetwood as well as Richmond Township (Walnuttown, Richmond, Moselm Springs, and Virginville) to the north and Maidencreek Township (Blandon, Maidencreek, Evansville, Molltown and Kirbyville) to the south.

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence

Like the first lords of Richmond, Peter II of Savoy and Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, before him, Clarence was endowed with the Honour of Richmond, a lifetime grant, but without the peerage title of Earl of Richmond.

George R. Hutchinson

In 1930, Hutchinson bought a Lockheed Sirius monoplane he named Richmond, Virginia after his home town, trading in his smaller Stinson Junior as part of the purchase.

Gustav Kaupert

In the United States, his creations can be found in Richmond, Virginia (monument of George Washington), and in Washington DC (figure of "America" at the Capitol building).

Helen Crump

In "Helen, the Authoress", for example, Helen has written a book and uses her evenings to rewrite the manuscript before its publication by a Richmond firm.

Herbie Nichols

1957 Love, Gloom, Cash, Love - with Dannie Richmond (drums), George Duvivier (bass)

Hercules Transit Center

The transit center is a pulse (a timed and synchronized) transfer point for various local feeder bus lines from the adjacent areas of Hercules, Pinole, Rodeo, the northern Hilltop area of Richmond, Bayview-Montalvin, and Tara Hills.

Hobart Bus Station

Hobart Bus Station is utilised by thousands of commuters every day, bringing city workers into Hobart from outlying suburbs, and the neighbouring cities of Clarence and Glenorchy, as well as nearby Richmond, Cambridge and Kingborough.

Idle Hour, Lexington

Its boundaries are Idle Hour Country Club to the north, CSX railroad tracks to the east, New Circle Road to the south, and Richmond Road to the west.

James Taylor Ellyson

In his long political career, he went on to serve in the Senate of Virginia, as mayor of Richmond (1888–1894), and for twelve years (1906–1918) as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

Jean Petitot

In Pierpont Morgan's collection there were many fine examples, including three drawings on paper, the only three which appear to have survived, and the large signed miniature of the duchess of Richmond already mentioned, the largest work Petitot ever did except one Chatsworth House.

Lindy Cochran

Cochran is the youngest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, whose parents built and operated a ski hill in their back yard.

Marmaduke Wyvill

Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 1st Baronet (c.1542–1617), Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond 1584–1585 and 1597–1598

Meadow Bridge

Battle of Meadow Bridge, an 1864 skirmish near Richmond, Virginia, in the American Civil War

Mitch Richmond

Mitch Richmond is the cousin of NFL defensive back Lardarius Webb.

Nathan Burke

It was also notable for the fact that the coaching panel of Richmond that day included fellow St Kilda teammates Danny Frawley and Stewart Loewe, who stayed on the ground in honour of Burke following his parade lap (with Alex Lloyd's "Amazing" played at the ground).

NCIX

Also in 2011, NCIX was the first to open an official Samsung Partnership store in North America, located in Aberdeen Centre, City of Richmond, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.

New Richmond, Indiana

In 1985, New Richmond was turned into Hickory, Indiana for the filming of the motion picture Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, and Dennis Hopper.

Pierre de Brézé

He had made his name in the English wars when in 1433 he joined with Yolande, queen of Sicily, the constable Richmond and others, in chasing from power Charles VII's minister La Trémoille.

Port Royal, South Carolina

Streets running north-south are named after the capitals of nations who have at one time or another settled in the Port Royal area (Paris, London, Madrid, Edinburgh, and Richmond).

Richmond Ballet

In his 2011 article on American productions of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, the New York Time's Alastair Macaulay singled out the Richmond Ballet production as one of the best in the country.

Richmond Greenway

An additional side project will add a bike lane/bike trail between the Richmond Greenway and the Ohlone Greenway at Potrero Avenue via 23rd Street, Carlson Boulevard, Cutting Boulevard, and Potrero.

Richmond–San Rafael Bridge

The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (officially, the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge) is the northernmost of the east–west crossings of the San Francisco Bay in California, USA, connecting Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west end.

RVA Magazine

RVA Magazine is a full color publication which focuses on the art, music, events, and culture of the Richmond, Virginia area.

Tea Leaf Green

In January 2008, Tea Leaf Green entered a Richmond, Virginia recording studio with producer David Lowery, taking one week to cut a fifth album, Raise Up the Tent which was released in summer, 2008.

Too many men

The only well-documented case where a team had its entire score annulled this way occurred in an Under 19 game between Richmond and Carlton in August 1971, and resulted from a mistaken signal by a trainer whereby a substitute entered the game before the player he was to replace had left.

X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes

In 1999, comics artist Alex Ross drew the character Kyle Richmond aka Nighthawk to look like Ray Milland from his portrayal in the film, for the comic book mini series Earth X.