Since all of Richmond's land occupies islands in a river delta, the city has plenty of rich, alluvial soil for agriculture, and was one of the first areas in British Columbia to be farmed by Europeans in the 19th century.

The drawback of Richmond's geographical location, was that since all the land averages just one metre above sea level, it was prone to flooding, especially during high tide.

For years thereafter, Elizabeth's brother was a regular visitor to Richmond's slave market, where, when a family was about to be split up, he would purchase them all, bring them home, and issue their papers of manumission.

Also known as U. S. Route 250 west of Downtown Richmond, it extends west through Richmond's West End all the way to the outermost suburbs of Richmond just beyond Short Pump near the intersection of I-295 and I-64.

Traces of Blake's influence are seen in all Richmond's early works, and especially in ‘ Abel the Shepherd ,’ and in ‘ Christ and the Woman of Samaria ,’ exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1825.

In 1900, the Census Bureau reported Richmond's population as 62. 1 % white and 37. 9 % black.

This new city council elected Richmond's first black mayor, Henry L. Marsh.

In January 1972 Merhige ruled that students in Henrico and Chesterfield counties in Virginia would have to be bused to the Richmond city schools in order to decrease the high percentage of black students in Richmond's schools.

His statue is among those honoring Virginia patriots ( including Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Nelson, and John Marshall ) on Richmond's Washington Monument in Capitol Square.

Vic Thorp, Richmond's great full back

The Duke at the time, the founder and colonel of the regiment, was the Duchess of Richmond's father, and he saw no active service overseas during the Napoleonic Wars ; his son and the Duchess's brother, the Marquis of Huntly ( later the 5th Duke ) was a distinguished general, but also missed the Waterloo campaign ; the senior representative of the family at the battle was in fact the Duchess's own twenty-three-year-old son, the Earl of March, who would eventually become the 5th Duke's heir in 1836, and who served as a major and an aide de camp to the Duke of Wellington ; another branch of the family was represented by another ADC, Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon, aged twenty-eight or twenty-nine, the brother of the Earl of Aberdeen ; in reality, both were young men similar in age and duty to Lord Hay.

Richmond's economy is primarily driven by law, finance, and government, with federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as notable legal and banking firms, located in the downtown area.

Richmond's elite society has also been portrayed in various popular culture references, such as in 1920s novels by Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell, or the 1990s television sitcom A Different World, which featured the character Whitley Gilbert, an obnoxious and wealthy African American debutante.

Richmond was eventually willed by Francis II, Duke of Brittany to Henry VII of England, whose grandson Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset was independent Richmond's first duke, to distinguish from an earlier junior status as county.

Richmond has been joined with the Welsh Marches since the time of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox and Richmond's relations with Mercia, go back to the time when Edwin, Earl of Mercia, held the old manor of Gilling West ( an enclave within Northumbria ), that was moved by the Bretons to Richmond.

Richmond's inclusion into the royal body politic of England was opposed by locals for over a century, through numerous plots and rebellions, Spanish confederations and Jesuit missions, finally cracking in the Civil War period.

Richmond's ruck combination of Bentley, Dyer and rover Ray Martin was by now considered the best in the business.

It has been followed by a number of derivative works such as Diana Richmond's Antar and Abla, which furthered western exposure to the Antar bin Shaddad legends.

It has been followed by a number of derivative works such as Diana Richmond's Antar and Abla which furthered western exposure to the Antar bin Shaddad legends.

Kyle Richmond's eyes, given by a disguised Mephisto, allow him to see into the future.

After he died later that year, the land for Richmond's Joseph Bryan Park was donated by his widow, Isobel (" Belle ") Stewart Bryan, and it is named for him.

The " Monroe Park Advisory Council ", an organization constituted by Richmond City Councilman William Pantele in 2003, in partnership with the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Commununity Facilities and Richmond's Department of Community Development are leading the renovation initiative.

Commanded by Group Captain Hippolyte " Kanga " De La Rue, Richmond's combat units at the outbreak of World War II included No. 3 Squadron ( flying Hawker Demons ), Nos.

As a teenager, he walked from his home in Lennox St, Richmond to the Punt Road Oval, where he was greeted by Richmond's Fourth coach Bill Boromeo.

In 2007, he attended a Tommy Hafey Club Function – in support of his lifelong friend Tom Hafey and on 22 November 2007, walked into the Punt Road ground ( Richmond's Home Ground ) to launch the centenary publication ' Richmond F. C: A Century of League Football ', which was written by his son Rhett.

For these and other contributions to those less fortunate, the Farrior Foundation was given the Key to the City of Richmond, VA by Richmond's Mayor Dwight C. Jones in June 2009.

It also performs crossover duty for travelers between Washington ( reached by Interstate 95 ) and southeastern Virginia ( reached by Interstate 64 ), and links many of Richmond's suburbs ( such as Short Pump, Mechanicsville, Highland Springs, Varina, and Hopewell ).

Following completion of Richmond's James River Flood Wall in 1995, led by Richmond developer William H. Abeloff, many of the old warehouses of Tobacco Row were modernized and converted into developments of loft apartments, condominiums, offices, and retail space along part of the restored canal system.

Designed by Robert Mills, Brockenbrough ’ s private residence was built in early nineteenth century Richmond's affluent Shockoe Hill neighborhood ( later known as the Court End District ), and was two blocks north of the Virginia State Capitol.

After centuries of periodic flooding by the James River, development was greatly stimulated by the completion of Richmond's James River Flood Wall in 1995.

Having lost to the Devils, the Flyers wanted revenge for Steve Richmond's punch on Kjell Samuelson at the end of the game ; Hextall targeted Chevrier in a fight labelled by Chico Resch as " like a heavyweight against a lightweight.

Now a major contributor to MAD, Richmond's caricatures and cartoons illustrate many of MAD's trademark movie and TV parodies.

Some of Richmond's earliest publication work was for the comic book Married ... with Children for NOW Comics, and the mini-series The Coneheads for Marvel Comics in the early 1990s.

His last appearance in the House of Lords was on 7 April 1778, on the occasion of the Duke of Richmond's motion for an address praying the king to conclude peace with America on any terms.

At a ball in Brussels ( based on the Duchess of Richmond's famous ball on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo ) George gives Becky a note inviting her to run away with him.

Granlund secured a position for her with producer Harry Richmond's act and arranged for her to do a screen test which he sent to producer Harry Rapf in Hollywood.

To facilitate the transfer of cargo from the flat-bottomed bateaux above the fall line to the ocean-faring ships below, George Washington helped design the James River and Kanawha Canal in the 18th century to bypass Richmond's rapids, with the intent of providing a water route across the Appalachians to the Kanawha River.

Richmond's shield logo from 1977 to 1988Richmond won its last premiership with a then record-breaking margin of 81 points over arch-rivals Collingwood in 1980.

Finally, with the economy in serious recession and interest rates touching seventeen per cent, Richmond's creditors came knocking.

Today, the town is locally known for its “ big box ” shopping store district along Fitzgerald Avenue, and Pinole Vista Shopping Center, which is continuous with Richmond's Hilltop Area.

Another example of this balanced approach to production design is the choice of tanks for battle scenes between Richmond's and Richard's armies: both use Soviet tanks ( T-55s and T-34s respectively ), mixed with German, American and British World War II era vehicles.

His district includes most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and portions of the Shenandoah Valley.

Although a vigorous Conservative and Ultra-Tory for most of his career, Richmond's anger with Wellington over Catholic Emancipation led him to lead the Ultra's into joining Earl Grey's reforming Whig government in 1830 ( Lang, 1999 ).

Now permanently playing on the ball, he set up Richmond's Grand Final win in 1973 with three goals in the first quarter.

Richmond's amalgamation with the city of Ottawa in 2001 has had mixed results.

After Richmond took the lead with 30 laps left in the race, Dale Earnhardt made up three seconds on Richmond's five-second lead.

This highway, along with the construction of Richmond's Downtown Expressway, were large factors in the decline and subsequent decay in many urban areas of the city.

The dies now reside in Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy ; and the embossing press, equipped with brass replica dies, is in a National Trust Museum in St. George's, Bermuda.

The home, typical of Richmond's finer early nineteenth century dwellings, was two-stories tall with a slate flat roof.

The same night Richmond walked home across the fields to Fountain Court with the poet and painter, who left on Richmond's mind a profound impression, ‘ as though he had been walking with the prophet Isaiah .’ From this time till Blake's death, Richmond followed his guidance and inspiration in art.

After simulcasting with WRVA during the early years of FM radio, in the 1970s, WRVA-FM became WRVQ, and was one of Richmond's first FM stations to switch to a top-40 rock music format.

WRVA currently has two locally originated programs in its weekday lineup, both of which occur in the drive times: WRVA has signed Leland Conway for ( afternoon drive ) after Doc Thompson's unexpected departure from this slot in February 2012, and Richmond's weekday morning news with Jimmy Barrett ( morning drive ).