A Guide to the History of Richardson, Texas

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Timeline of Events in Richardson History:
1880s

1882

April 22: Newspapers all over the country report that a woman living near Richardson has killed her three children and then herself.

1886

n.d.: Prof. A. H, Hill begins publishing Richardson's first newspaper, The Richardson News.

Dec. 23: While crossing Spring Creek bridge, four miles north of Richardson, four cars of a H.&T.C. freight train are derailed and fall into the creek. A brakeman is killed.

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