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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
[[July 1]]: To commemorate the University of Virginia’s first 50 years, alumni gathered for a celebratory lunch at Hotel A on West Range. | [[July 1]]: To commemorate the University of Virginia’s first 50 years, alumni gathered for a celebratory lunch at Hotel A on West Range. | ||
: | :[[Hotel A]] was known as “Massie’s Hotel” after a concessionaire who leased it in 1875; he provided students with meals, firewood, cleaning services, and a portable tub and hot water once a week for bathing. | ||
==Elections== | ==Elections== | ||
*[[R.F. Harris]] becomes Charlottesville's first mayor <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Yesteryears: For Charlottesville's first mayor, Christmas season 1886 ended with a bang|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/yesteryears_column/yesteryears-for-charlottesville-s-first-mayor-christmas-season-ended-with/article_0589de2e-5dfe-11e3-8380-001a4bcf6878.html|author=David Maurer|pageno=|printdate=December 8, 2013|publishdate=|accessdate=January 1, 2021|cturl=}}</ref> | *[[R.F. Harris]] becomes Charlottesville's first mayor <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Yesteryears: For Charlottesville's first mayor, Christmas season 1886 ended with a bang|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/lifestyles/yesteryears_column/yesteryears-for-charlottesville-s-first-mayor-christmas-season-ended-with/article_0589de2e-5dfe-11e3-8380-001a4bcf6878.html|author=David Maurer|pageno=|printdate=December 8, 2013|publishdate=|accessdate=January 1, 2021|cturl=}}</ref> |
Revision as of 01:01, 11 January 2022
Events
July 1: To commemorate the University of Virginia’s first 50 years, alumni gathered for a celebratory lunch at Hotel A on West Range.
- Hotel A was known as “Massie’s Hotel” after a concessionaire who leased it in 1875; he provided students with meals, firewood, cleaning services, and a portable tub and hot water once a week for bathing.
Elections
- R.F. Harris becomes Charlottesville's first mayor [1]
Deaths
Images
Notes
References
- ↑ Web. Yesteryears: For Charlottesville's first mayor, Christmas season 1886 ended with a bang, David Maurer, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, retrieved January 1, 2021.