The  Srst  newftpapor  pulilished  in  Kiclituond  was  iht  Richmond  Weekly  InMK-
ffaifti:     This  w;i3  in   Ifiil.     The  printing  office  waa  on  Front-»treeI;  the  editor
'"":.!i  ^.1  '.      T1>'>  second  will  the  I'tiblie  Ledger,  6nl  issued  in  DijiM;  the
■■   ■  »n!  firat  issned  in  1831.     The  Jffa-fomaa  was  established

,  iii.'  ii.«9oeiiiti(in,  under  llie  title  of  '■  IlickorT  Club,"  a"d  was
.  .  !.  I  :  .  .-  K.  Pei-iiins,  now  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court.  The  Iii-
■,.,:,. I  I,, 1,1  I'limmenceil  in  1851:  the  Broad  Axe  of  I'ftedom  waa  firat
:y  .JiLiui-uii  il^  Jiihnsun,  in  185S.  The  Uichmond  Library  was  incorporated
.lilialii>d  in  l:->26.  In  1SJ3  a  railroad  communication  was  opened  to  Cin-
liy  wEij  i)f  Dayton.
Ill'  the  earlifst  residents  of  Wayne  county,  were  members  of  the  Society
of  i-'rifnd».     The  tirat  meeting  of  the  sV-iety  was  held  in  1M07,  in  n  loj;  building


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Harina  HoBpital  here  is  a  fine  bnildiDg,  erected  at  a  cost  o/  $75,000.     Popu-
lation aboat  13,000.
EvADSTlIle  receired  ita  name  from  KobeA  Morgan  Erans,  a  natJTe  of  VirgiDU,
who,  with  James  W.  Joaaa,  of  Kentucky,  and  Hugh  MoGnry,  wore  the  three  orig-
inal proprietors  of  the  place.  The  plat  of  the  city  was  laid  out  io  1836,  bj  theae
proprieton,  and  was  originally  covered  bj  a  dense  forest     The  first  house  in


Evnriiville  was  hniit  liy  Hii'ili  Mtnurv,  the  piilentee  of  the  land.  Jt  was  a  log
(traclure, occiipvine  the  file  uf  (he  I'avilidn  ilouse,  shown  in  the  view;  the  second
huu«e  was  hiiilt'hy  .Iimntlinn  Itobinsrm,  on  tlin  river  bunk,  between  Mulherrv  and
tirefn streets.  Haviil  Hurt,  of  l-Wtte  cnnnty,  Ky.,  laanc  BliKikford,  now  jud^re
of  thi!  court  <if  claiiii!i,in  Wnshington,  and  Klixha  ILurri^un,  from  Ohio,  were  among
Dip  first  settlers  of  the  plnue.
