Richfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Richfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A book about the History of the Richfield area was written in 1995 by Alice Crane Behr and Maureen Hancock Ward. It was subsequently published and printed. The text of this book is available at the Richfield City Website.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Richfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Richfield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewJames H. Lane Ranch, Barn, One Mi…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Richfield, decade by decade
2000
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4 historic places in Richfield
4 places in Richfield are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as James H. Lane Ranch, Barn, One Mile South of Richfield on Highway 26 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.