1850
to 1899 |
1852 | Greenmount Boarding School opens | |||
1853 | Railroad service begins | |||
1859 | Dr.
Mary Thomas becomes the first woman to address the Indiana state legislature.
She presented a petition asking for women's property rights and right
to vote. |
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1859 | Friends Boarding School becomes Earlham College | |||
1861 | Civil War begins | |||
1863 | First National Bank established with United States Charter Number 17. James E. Reeves was the first president. | |||
1864 | Morrisson Library opens on July 30. Financed by Robert Morrisson it is still the second oldest public library in the state. | |||
1866 |
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1869 | Lyceum Hall opens in December | |||
1872 | Second National Bank organized. | |||
1872 | Union Station built | |||
1872 | Trayser Piano Co. formed | |||
1873 | County Seat moved from Centerville to Richmond in August. In October, a mob fires on deputies barricaded in the sheriff's residence of the jail. Read the New York Times coverage! | |||
1873 | Street rail service (horse or mule powered) begins | |||
1874 | Dille and McGuire Manufacturing Company begins producing lawn mowers. | |||
1875 | The Dublin, Indiana based company, Wayne Agricultural Works announced that it was moving to Richmond. | |||
1877 | Adam H. Bartel Co. opens for business | |||
1878 | Hoosier Drill Works relocates from Milton, Indiana to Richmond | |||
1879 | Wernle Orphans Home opens | |||
1884 | Construction of Richmond State Hospital begins | |||
1884 | St. Stephens Hospital opens | |||
1885 | City of Richmond buys park from Col. John Miller in February | |||
1885 | Doran Bridge completed | |||
1886 | City Hall dedicated | |||
1889 | First electric streetcars | |||
1893 | Courthouse dedicated | |||
1893 | Westcott Hotel opens | |||
1894 | The Morrisson Library becomes the Morrisson-Reeves Library | |||
1895 | Old National Road bridge closed to traffic | |||
1897 | Steel Main Street Bridge opens |
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