In the late-19th Century, the Orange Belt Railway ran through eastern Hernando County, and was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1902.

Postmaster Sidney Brinson moved the Riverland Post Office to Richloam in 1922, and a general store would soon follow.

Chief among these instances was a gunfight over a dog that lead to the shooting of a Pasco County Deputy Sheriff.

An ancestor of Sid named John Brinson reacquired the property in 1973 after the store sat vacant since the 1950s.

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