In 1888, Dandridge Hill, a former C&O porter, started Huntington人妖色情片檚 first cab business. The buildings seen behind him in this photo are the old Adelphia Hotel, at left, and the city人妖色情片檚 Carnegie Library, which opened in 1903.
In 1888, Dandridge Hill, a former C&O porter, started Huntington人妖色情片檚 first cab business. The buildings seen behind him in this photo are the old Adelphia Hotel, at left, and the city人妖色情片檚 Carnegie Library, which opened in 1903.
Editor人妖色情片檚 Note: This is the 568th in a series of articles recalling vintage Huntington scenes.
Dandridge Hill came from White Sulphur Springs to Huntington in the late 1870s, taking a job as a porter for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Before long, he quit the C&O and partnered with a fellow Black migrant, the Rev. Nelson Barnett, father of future physician Dr. C.C. Barnett, in operating a grocery store and restaurant at 9th Street and 7th Avenue.
That venture apparently didn人妖色情片檛 last long, for, in the early 1880s, Hill started the city人妖色情片檚 first cab business. Working out of the Seventh Avenue Hotel, he was kept busy hauling passengers around in his horse-drawn wagon. He became well known around town, with people often referring to him as 人妖色情片淥ld Dan.人妖色情片
When it came to politics, Hill was a loyal Republican but one who often found himself out of step with the GOP人妖色情片檚 local leaders.
With some frequency, he would announce he was going to publicly call them to account. Clad in a fancy Prince Albert coat and wearing a top hat, he would arrive at the appointed time and place but his friends were always able to dissuade him from speaking.
However, as related by local historian George S. Wallace in his 人妖色情片淐abell County Annals and Families,人妖色情片 one night they were unable to keep him quiet. As he mounted his wagon to speak, someone gave it a shove, a wheel fell off and Hill tumbled to the ground. He didn人妖色情片檛 speak that night and the GOP politicos were spared any lecture from him.
Following a brief illness, Hill died from a combination of diseases on July 2, 1925. He was believed to be nearly 80 years old. His funeral was held at the McClain Funeral Home, and he was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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