From Richmond Dispatch, December 20, 1896:
Christmas comes and Christmas goes-
Stayeth with us never,
But the Broad-Street bob-tall car
Mule abideth ever.
Oh, will it be always thus,
‘Spite of all endeavor?
Can we not this antiquate
bond of union sever?
Ask the winds of Oregon
Hill, that blow so, ever;
[...]
From Dec. 19th, 1902 edition of Richmond dispatch:
HOUND MUSES RIOT, Oregon Hill Mob Bulldozes Dog- Catchers Without Avail.
A hound dog on Oregon Hill almost precipitated a riot in that section yesterday morning. The dog-catchers happened to be in the locality, performing their duties, and among the dogs they caught [...]
From the Richmond Dispatch, December 18th, 1900:
Charlie Pettus, a son of Capitol-Policeman Pettus, took an involuntary cold bath Sunday afternoon. He fell into the canal at the foot of Oregon Hill. The youth caught hold of a post and sustained his head above water until Mr. Charles Hartman jumped [...]
Recently the Sierra Club Falls of the James Group blog ran a cursory review of area colleges and universities. It basically cruised through school media to glean more information on environmental initiatives.
Of course the biggest, Virginia Commonwealth University, Oregon Hill’s neighbor to the north, received the treatment:
Checking On [...]
I have some sad news.
Jack Rose, a musician who spent a lot of time in Oregon Hill, has died
of an apparent heart attack at his home in Philadelphia.
Jack hung out a lot at 238 S. Cherry back when it was the base for
Radioactive Records and [...]
The Oregon Hill Home Improvement Council will be holding its monthly board meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, December 1st, at the Jacob House at 619 W. Cary St. at 7 PM. All are welcome.
This is a great time to remind that OHHIC has affordable houses for sale in Oregon Hill.
[...]From RichmondBizSense.com:
Gammino practiced law for more than a decade but left the legal profession to start his contracting business, which he grew a knack for after buying and fixing up homes in Oregon Hill. A native of Providence, R.I., Gammino has lived here since 1989, when he moved here [...]
I have not had time to plug it or refine it as much as I would like, but there is an ‘online store’ at Zazzle.com for buying Oregon Hill-branded clothing and items. Proceeds go to the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association.
You can get some great deals from the [...]
From The Times, November 25, 1900,
(The article is entitled, “Pushing Work On Hollywood Line”).
It is claimed by friends of the Passenger and Power Company that the placing of this additional line from Hollywood and Oregon Hill down Main Street all the way to Fulton will give [...]
This column appeared in The Times Dispatch, on November 23, 1904:
Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir, -Please answer in your query column what per cent. of grade are the hills in and about Richmond, and oblige,
B.W.
….
Oregon Hill – Albemarle and Pine Streets, elevation 170.6.
…
These elevations are [...]
The next Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, November 24, at 7 pm. Because some of the
William Byrd Community House staff are on vacation then, I am moving
the location of the meeting to the Jacob House, at the corner of S.
Pine and W. [...]
