Arcadia is a city and county seat of DeSoto County, Florida, United States. Arcadia's Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its population was 7,420 as of the 2020 c
Arcadia Historic District
First National Bank of Arcadia pictured in this 1905 postcard
Presbyterian Church pictured in this 1907 postcard
Vintage clothing store in Arcadia's main street
James Joseph Richardson was an African-American man who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in 1968 for the October 1967 mass murder of his seven children. They died after eating a poisone
Arcadia, Florida
…Joey Redner - founder of Cigar City Brewing Company James Joseph Richardson, man wrongly convicted of poisoning his seven young children in October 1967 John Paul Riddle - co-founder of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
Mugshot of Richardson after being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for mass murder in 1968
„Father poisoned 7 children" – Article in Macedonian newspaper „Вечер" (Night) from 1967