![]() ![]() Comprising about 20 acres, the neighborhood fell between the downtown shopping district and the University of Virginia’s campus - the city’s crown jewels. Looking east on Main Street from the base of Vinegar Hill, 1930s. One resident would later remark that the neighborhood wasn’t “terribly beautiful, but those were good sturdy businesses.” There was a school, insurance agencies, restaurants, clothing and drug stores, a barber shop, a fish market, a tailor, and a popular jazz nightclub, among many other venues. It was, according to the documentary on the neighborhood, That World is Gone, a hub for Charlottesville’s black social life. ![]() ![]() During Jim Crow years, the neighborhood burgeoned into a bustling community of black business owners serving black clients. Former slaves began settling there after the Civil War, hopeful that home ownership would guarantee progress for them and their families. Some suggest that it originated from the time when a vinegar keg fell off a horse cart, leaving behind a pungent odor. Stories differ on how Vinegar Hill got its name. This “urban renewal project” would be done in the name of “progress.”īut as Mindy Thompson Fullilove, a research psychiatrist studying the effect of so-called urban renewal projects on black communities, would later ask, “Progress for whom?” It certainly wasn’t for residents of Charlottesville’s largest black neighborhood, or any of the other more than 800 black communities that had already been displaced by 1962. But the house was slated to be bulldozed by the city of Charlottesville, as were 139 other black families’ homes, 30 black-owned businesses, and a church in the Vinegar Hill neighborhood. They didn’t want to leave their modest, two-story clapboard home, which often smelled of Elsie’s famous dinner rolls. Kathy Johnson and her three-year-old sister listened at the breakfast table, as their mother, Elsie, gave the movers instructions. On a Saturday morning in 1965, movers came to the Johnson home. (Rip Payne Collection/Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society) While you’re in the area, be sure to check out local events like the Caldwell Nights Rodeo, Snake River Stampede, Cherry Festival, Boise State Football, and Meridian Speedway races.Children playing in Vinegar Hill before demolition. Whether it’s a cold, snowy winter or hot summer day, we’ve got the seasonal accessories to fit your outdoor adventure. Our shop services are available to spool reels, mount and boresight rifle scopes, clean guns, cut arrows, tune bows in our 10-yard archery lane, and anything covered by your Firearm Service Plan. We also carry plenty of supplies for camping, hiking, backpacking, ATV’s, rafting, shed hunting, gold panning, geocaching, and target shooting. ![]() Common catches are trout, bass, kokanee, steelhead, sturgeon, salmon, and perch. If fishing is more your speed, we have all of your tackle to catch the legal limit. Popular pursuits include elk, pronghorn antelope, turkey, duck, goose, coyote, wolf, rock chuck (marmot), whitetail and mule deer. National gunsmithing services are now available! If you like hunting, we’re here to get you all set up with everything you need. Open since 2012, Sportsman’s Warehouse in Nampa, ID is near the Lake Lowell, Lake Cascade, and Hells Canyon. ![]()
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