History of the Town of Ramrock
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Rock | 3 | |
How Ramrock Began | 4 | |
Chapter 2: Municipal Departments | ||
Board of Education | 16 | |
Fire department | 18 | |
Ladies Auxiliary | 27 | |
Police department | 28 | |
Town Hall | 31 | |
Department of Public Works | 34 | |
Public Library | 37 | |
Post Office | 40 | |
Recreation department | 43 | |
Chapter 3: Development | ||
Early Development | 48 | |
Park Avenue paved | 51 | |
Ridge Road | 52 | |
Brief Histories | 54 | |
Chapter 4: Parks | ||
Hopper cemetery | 64 | |
Triangle Park | 66 | |
Ramrock Park | 70 | |
Lower Ramrock Park | 71 | |
Memorial Park | 72 | |
Chapter 5: Utilities | ||
Telephone | 75 | |
Gas | 77 | |
Water | 78 | |
Electricity | 79 | |
Sewers | 80 | |
Chapter 6: Transportation | ||
Railroads | 83 | |
Trolley line | 88 | |
Bus | 90 | |
Chapter 7: Schools | ||
Ramrock School #22 | 91 | |
Community School | 94 | |
R.E. Byrd School | 99 | |
Roosevelt School | 102 | |
Alexander Hamilton School | 103 | |
George Washington High School | 105 | |
St. Matthew School | 109 | |
The Barncourt Academy | 111 | |
Chapter 8: Religious Community | ||
The Community Church of Ramrock | 113 | |
All Saints’ Episcopal Church | 117 | |
St. Matthew’s Church | 119 | |
Ramrock Jewish Center | 122 | |
Sri Gura Sing Sabha, Inc. | 125 | |
Religious Communities of Ramrock | 128 | |
Chapter 9: Industry and Commerce | ||
Business in the Early Days | 130 | |
Ramrock Record | 137 | |
Goldfield Well Drilling Company | 138 | |
RamaValley Timepiece Company | 141 | |
Ramrock Savings Bank | 143 | |
Belchford Spring Water Company | 144 | |
Rodeur Florist | 145 | |
Chapter 10: Events | ||
The Fateful Friday | 147 | |
Oldest house in town torn down | 155 | |
Ramrock’s 50th Anniversary | 157 | |
Ramrock’s 70th Anniversary | 163 | |
Airplane landing on Main Street | 168 | |
Wheel crashes into Ambulance Building | 170 | |
Ramrock’s 100th Birthday | 172 |