Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Jamestown Island

20 Aug 24: 

Took a ferry ride to Jamestown, then headed over a small causeway to Jamestown Island.


Pocahontas statue. 


Skipper checking out the footprint of the old State House. 


Up until 40 years ago many folks thought that there was no trace of the original fort. They were wrong. Archaeological teams are carefully rediscovering the history of the 17th Century English settlement.


Skipper had an ancestor in the Governor's Guard, who later crossed the James and ran around our Shire/County for a while. This structure marks where the Guard House would have been. 


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