As the fall of Petersburg, VA became imminent, on Evacuation Sunday (April 2), President Davis, his Cabinet, and the Confederate defenders abandoned Richmond and fled south on the last open railroad line, the Richmond and Danville. Those that could left by way of the Mayo bridge before it too fell to the flames. By the morning of April 3, Richmond lay in ruins and the Yankees had come visiting.

The Mayo Bridge - or its ancestors - is the oldest bridge in Richmond. The granddaddy was built in 1788. Floods and ice flows on the river kept destroying the bridge - with an exception to the norm in 1865; the bridge was rebuilt in 1814, 1816, 1823, 1865, 1870, 1877, 1882, and 1899. The current bridge was built in 1913 and is the only bridge in Richmond still subject to flooding. It is now known as the Mayo bridge, the 14th St bridge and US360.

I'm glad I got to visit Richmond before the woke ruined it.

I just now received this notice that this horse is headed east this year.
My guess is it might be more or less following I-70 or I-80.

In the meantime, it's headed to Sacramento this week and next.
Another excuse to head to Nevada ... if the timing works out, maybe I'll get to watch it (again) when I head back east this summer.
Such things tickle my fancy .... :)

https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule

This poster coming from Springfield, Ohio

Y'all saw this video not that long ago ... that's no reason to not watch it again.

Apple Computer was formed this day in 1976.
The world hasn't been the same since