1619: A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers to Jamestown. Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child born to a slave ...

Chautauqua County officials are planning on constructing a new building in Jamestown to serve as the new hub for CHQ Transit.

A fresh clue to the lost colonists’ fate emerged when curators backlit this 16th-century map of what ... in what is now Virginia. Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, heard ...

Welcome to the heart of innovation, where history meets ingenuity! Virginia isn’t just known for its stunning landscapes and ...

View scans of historic and contemporary maps, read a bibliography ... University of Alabama Press, 2006. Jamestown Narratives: Eyewitness Accounts of the Virginia Colony, The First Decade: 1607-1617.

Sunny with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C). Winds variable. Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Sunny today with a high of 68 °F (20 °C) and a low of 35 °F (1 ...

In 1607, after a year-long voyage from England, 104 settlers established Jamestown. Virginia also boasts a ... Last on the map is Yorktown, one of the best East Coast cities for history buffs ...

Jamestown first managed to cut a deal with a lender to keep an historic office building in Downtown San Francisco. And now it ...

WILLIAMSBURG— Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation recently announced that Sean Romo has been appointed Director of Archaeology ...

If you map it you may see a drive time of 3.5 hours ... Tip: if you have built extra days into your itinerary, enjoy some time in Norfolk, Virginia before heading to Jamestown and Williamsburg. There ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 63% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNW to NW. The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 43 °F (6.1 °C) and a 57% chance of ...