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Its current building, at 15 Franklin St. in downtown Petersburg, was built in 1921, along with what was then a state-of-the-art press. This was before the merger of the two papers into The Index-Appeal & Evening Progress, shortened to The Progress-Index in 1923. [2] In 2014, Times-Shamrock sold The Progress-Index to New Media Investment Group. [3]
Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Notes Alexandria Expositor and the Columbian Advertiser: Alexandria, District of Columbia: 1802 1805 OCLC 12656722, ISSN 2574-9765 ...
Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia.Although in recent years it has attained some notoriety for its large collection of more than 30,000 Confederate graves, it contains remains of people of all classes and races as well as veterans of every American war. [3]
Award winning Progress-Index reporters Bill Atkinson and Kristi Higgins, joined by News Leader reporter Lyra Bordelon, editor Jeff Schwaner and P-I reporter Allie Pitchon at the Virginia Press ...
The history of Petersburg, Virginia, United States as a modern settlement begins in the 17th century when it was first settled.The city was incorporated in 1748. It was occupied by the British during the American Revolutionary War, and Major-General William Phillips died of fever at Blandford (later a neighborhood of Petersburg) during bombardment from the Marquis de Lafayette's positions ...
Petersburg, Va., from Duns Hill, c. 1880 The Civil War headquarters staff of the Army of the Potomac's 5th Corps at the home of Col. Isaac E. Avery near Petersburg, photographed by Matthew Brady in June 1864; the following month, on July 3, Avery was killed in the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell and portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George in south-central Virginia.
Recent changes; Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Interior view of Petersburg City Hall building in Virginia, US, in 1991. John Banister, 1784 ...