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2. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard. As a 16-year-old in 1837, Collis P. Huntington had visited the rural village known as Newport News Point.

3. Daily Press (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   2767-5971. Website. dailypress .com. The Daily Press Inc. is a daily morning newspaper published in Newport News, Virginia, which covers the lower and middle Peninsula of Tidewater Virginia. It was established in 1896 and bought by Tribune Company in 1986. Current owner Tribune Publishing spun off from the company in 2014.

4. Dorothy Rouse Bottom - Wikipedia

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   Newport News, Virginia. Died. December 15, 1990. (1990-12-15) (aged 94) Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia. Occupation. newspaper editor. Dorothy Eva Rouse Bottom (May 17, 1896 – December 15, 1990) was an American newspaper editor and civic leader.

5. J. Thomas Newsome - Wikipedia

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   J. Thomas Newsome. Joseph Thomas Newsome (1869–1942) was the first African-American lawyer in post- Civil War Newport News, Virginia, to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court. Newsome was a respected lawyer, newspaper editor, State Senator and civic leader who hosted many up and coming African-Americans in his historic Queen Anne home ...

6. Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   GNIS feature ID. 1497043 [4] Website. nnva.gov. Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United ...

7. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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   Newport News Shipbuilding ( NNS ), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including ...

8. Walter A. Post - Wikipedia

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   Born. January 7, 1857. Kingston, New York, U.S. Died. February 12, 1912. Walter A. Post (January 7, 1857 - February 12, 1912) was the first mayor of Newport News, Virginia. [1] He was born in Kingston, New York, on 7 January 1857, and studied as a civil engineer. [2]

9. List of mayors of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Newport News, Virginia. Elections in Virginia; Federal government. U.S. President; 1788–89; 1792; 1796;