On October 14, 2000, an exhibit examining the lives of three generations of women at Henrico’s Meadow Farm opened to the public. Called “Head of Household: The Sheppard Family Women at Meadow Farm,” it explored the experiences of Elizabeth Mosby Sheppard, Mary Glen Crenshaw Austin Sheppard and Virginia Young
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On October 13, 1864, Union troops moved toward Confederate defenses east of Richmond and fought what became known as the Battle of Darbytown Road. The engagement was part of the larger Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, when federal forces were trying to threaten the Confederate capital and stretch its defensive lines. The
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On October 12, 1972, an attempted robbery at a Lakeside Avenue business left its 68-year-old owner critically wounded. Waverly W. Gibbs Sr. was shot while closing his convenience store at 7305 Lakeside Avenue in Henrico County, according to a cold case record maintained by Virginia State Police. The
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On this day in 1966, residents of a Henrico neighborhood scrambled to stop a grove of mature pine trees from being cut down beside Tuckahoe Elementary School – only to find themselves bounced from one county official to another as the chainsaws continued. The unusual episode began when a tree-cutting
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On this day in 1961, the Henrico Board of Supervisors approved an agreement that could have fundamentally altered the future of the Richmond region: a plan to merge Henrico County and the City of Richmond. The proposal grew out of a study of metropolitan government begun the previous year. In
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