Category: 1900’s
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Scottsville Courier
Details of Business and Social Life ~ 1897 Date: August 12, 1897 The Scottsville Courier was published beginning in 1877 and ceased publication in 1906. The August 12, 1897 edition of this newspaper listed its Editor and Manager as Frank T. Hill, with Frank C. Moon the associate editor and solicitor. This old newspaper listed…
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The Dew Drop Inn
by Evelyn Edson The Dew Drop Inn went through a number of different owners. John Pearce remembers when it was a high school hangout in the 1950’s with plenty of loud rock n’ roll blaring from the jukeboxes. He used to get a Dixie cup of ice cream that he ate with a wooden spoon.…
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Opening Day at Scottsville Creamery
Shown above is the crowd standing in front of the Scottsville Creamery on West Main Street during its 1910 opening day celebrations. This business venture evolved in 1909 as Scottsville sought new industries in their town, which they felt was geographically situated so as to command good trade from all of Virginia if it produced…
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Charles Thomas Moon’s Grocery Store
The Charles Thomas Moon grocery store sat between the Masonic Lodge and the very edge of Mink Creek on Scottsville’s Main Street. On its first floor was the small store owned by Mr. Moon, Charles T. Moon Grocery, and this building’s second floor hosted a small apartment. Mr. Moon operated his grocery roughly between 1900-1920.…
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Bottles Tell Scottsville’s History
by Ruth KlippsteinScottsville MonthlySept. 15-Oct. 13, 2016 I have returned to talk to two of the important keepers of Scottsville memories, whose efforts to build and consolidate the historical record of our town have of our town have helped so much. Jack Hamner, who lives in the area, was born in Scottsville, became a collector…
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Arson Suspected in Two Destructive Fires on Main Street in 1976
Two Large Fires Raged On Scottsville’s Main Street in February 1976, destroying a church and four businesses at the center of town. They appeared to be the work of an arsonist who was never found. The photo above of the intersection of Valley Street (left) and Main Street (right) shows the Esso Station, run by…
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Laying Cornerstone of Scottsville Plant
Date: May 24, 1944 Image Number: RT01cdRT02 Scottsville Plant was built in 1944 by the Defense Plant Corporation to help the nation’s war effort. It was designed and constructed to provide tire fabric and was operated by the Textile Division of the U.S. Rubber Company. The cornerstone-laying ceremony for this plant was sponsored by the…
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Buckingham Lining Bar Gang
In a rich baritone voice, John Laury chanted these words during his June 4th visit to Scottsville Museum with the Buckingham Lining Bar Gang: “I got a gal who’s long and tall Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall.” Mr. Laury served as the “caller” for this African-American work song during an…
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Crossing the James River via the Scottsville Bridge
by Evelyn Edson, President Scottsville Museum Scottsville was founded in 1745 at the horseshoe bend, a traditional crossing point where there was a gap in the bluffs lining the James River. I suppose most of us, who have lived in Scottsville for a while, have waded across the James when it was at its lowest…
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Auto Endurance Test on Valley Street ~ 1914
Dr. L.R. Stinson owned the first car in Scottsville, a two-cylinder, bright-red, 1910 Maxwell. Soon these ‘motorized carriages’ were rattling the plank floor on the new town bridge. Cars altered Scottsville’s way of life greatly, wiping out the ferry, carriages and carts, and the blacksmith shop and stable on the corner of Valley and Main…
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