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The Dogtown Dish Founded in 2015, The Dogtown Dish serves up the latest news on Richmond, VA’s history. Why Dogtown you ask? Plus, who doesn’t like a friendly dog?

The Dogtown Dish is dedicated to serving up the latest news on Richmond, Virginia’s historic Manchester neighborhood. Well Richmond’s Manchester neighborhood was once referred to as Dogtown. In an 1887 Richmond Times newspaper article Benjamin Weisiger wrote that there have been a lot of theories but the most common explanation by old-timers refers to the large number of dogs in Manchester: “Every

body had a dog.” The late Major John Wright said that the name originated among students at old John Marshall High School just before World War I, when the school received an influx of Manchester students after consolidation. Wright felt that it was not intended as a compliment but the term has stuck to the area. Regardless of whether Dogtown was considered an insult or not, we think it’s kind of catchy. So Manchester newshounds, The Dogtown Dish it is.

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