Looking down Main Street in the mid 1960's
Richmond, Indiana is my home town.
I lived there for the first seventeen years of my life.
It was a wonderful place to grow up.
Richmond is located in eastern Indiana on the Ohio state line.
Major highways going through Richmond include: I-70, US-40, US-27, and US-35.
Richmond's current population is estimated at around 35,000.
Richmond is the county seat of Wayne County.
Quakers from North Carolina and German immigrants established Richmond
on the Whitewater River in 1806. The city has become one of Indiana's
leading industrial communities as well as the trade and distribution
center for agriculturally rich Wayne County.
Richmond also has one of the largest rose-growing industries in the world.
In Glen Miller Park the Hill Memorial Rose Garden cultivates more than
73 varieties of roses, and the All-American Rose Garden
propagates 1,600 rose bushes, annuals and perennials.
Disaster struck on Saturday, April 6, 1968.
That was the date of the appalling explosion that tore apart downtown Richmond,
the city's most disastrous day in its 160 year history. I, along with my
father and brothers were right on Main Street at the time of the blast.
Luckily we had just passed through ground zero and were about two blocks down the
street when we heard the thunderous explosion behind us and the sky filled with smoke.
We were not injured but others were not so lucky as 41 people lost their lives
in the horrendous catastrophe and more than 100 others were injured.
More than a city block was leveled, with damages estimated in the millions of dollars.
Twenty downtown buildings were condemned. The force of the double explosion
was so strong that glass shattered more than a mile away.
Click HERE for more information about that tragic day in 1968.
Pictured above is a memorial in downtown Richmond honoring those
who lost their lives in the tragic disaster.
On June 9, 2015 I paid a short visit to Richmond.
I shot the video below during my visit.
I snapped a few photos of Richmond during my June 2005 visit.
Wayne County Court House
Richmond Municipal Building
Main Street, downtown Richmond
the new Main Street Bridge over the Whitewater River
Richmond Senior High School
Richmond Area Links...
Hayes Regional Arboretum
Official Website
Richmond, Indiana
The Town Web Site
Richmond, Indiana
By Wikipedia
The Richmond-Wayne County Chamber of Commerce
Phone: (765) 962-1511
Richmond/Wayne County, Indiana!
By Convention and Tourism Bureau Inc.
Wayne County, Indiana!
Government Website
WayNet
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