"The Deep Run Hunt Club" 1977 Sands, Oliver Jackson Jr.

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SANDS, Oliver Jackson Jr.

[235] pp.

Limited edition copy number 593 of 750 copies

1977

12 1/4" x 9 5/8"

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[235] pp.

Limited edition copy number 593 of 750 copies

1977

12 1/4" x 9 5/8"

Deep Run Hunt Club began in 1887. The name “Deep Run” was taken from a stream of that name which runs through the western part of Henrico County into Tuckahoe Creek. Hounds were kept at “Chantilly”, three miles west of Richmond on the Deep Run Turnpike, now called Broad Street. The club moved to “Rosedale Lodge” in 1896, near the Hill Monument in Ginter Park. The club moved a total of five times, each time due to rapid development and expansion of the city of Richmond. In 1923, an old farm house on Broad Street (currently the site of Richmond Ford on Broad Street and Westmoreland Avenue) was turned into a clubhouse and hunting flourished there until 1932, when the club purchased land in Goochland County where the clubhouse is located today. See less