On May 7, 1889, the Staunton City Council met and passed a resolution written by council member William Purviance Tams. The city owned 85 acres behind its water pumping house, the resolution noted, a…
The Deer, a Zoo, a Grave, and the Springs: How Gypsy Hill Park Became What It Is
137 years, a buried water system, a superintendent’s private zoo, and a segregation history the city is only now paying to fix.
