By Linda Goin on 22 April 2009
On this day in 1966, emergency crew workers found a “pretty remarkable catch” in the Appomattox River. On the front page of The Progress-Index out of Petersburg, a photograph showed these emergency workers poking, rather than fishing, at an object in the river. According to the headline, the “fish” had large shining eyes and did not resemble any known form of sea life.
Posted in Today in History | Tagged Appomattox River, Petersburg
By Linda Goin on 20 April 2009
On this day in 1871, The Petersburg Index remarked on the fine fishing in the Appomattox River the previous day
Posted in Today in History | Tagged Angling, Appomattox River, Fishing, Recreation and Sports
By Linda Goin on 7 April 2009
High Bridge was a historic railroad bridge located in Prince Edward County, Virginia. It spanned the Appomattox River valley about six miles downstream from the town of Farmville. This bridge, part of the Southside Railroad between Petersburg and Lynchburg was built through Farmville between Burkeville and Pamplin City and was completed in 1954, one decade [...]
Posted in Today in History | Tagged Appomattox River, Civil War, High Bridge, Timothy H. O'Sullivan
By Linda Goin on 7 January 2009
If you don’t think news traveled fast in 1884, think again. On 7 January 1884, The New York Times reported: “The weather here last night was extremely cold, the thermometer In exposed places registering 5 (degrees) below zero. Many hydrants were frozen up. To-night the Appomattox River at this point Is frozen over and navigation impeded.”
Posted in Today in History | Tagged Appomattox River, Petersburg, The New York Times
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