| Last additions - Jamestown-VA |
110 viewsMay 12, 2008
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Caskets everywhere103 viewsThe yellow boxes are caskets they found.May 12, 2008
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A barge on the James River104 viewsJamestown became an important port. It tried to make itself more important by ordering all ships to unload there or face a penalty.May 12, 2008
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More walls of the Virginia Assembly106 viewsMay 12, 2008
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The Archaerium104 viewsIt is built over a graveyard and the remains of the first Virginia assembly. Parts of the floor are glass so you can see the Assembly walls. Has lots of items dug up in Jamestown.May 12, 2008
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Pocahontas109 viewsPoor girl got sick and died in her twenties in England. Was married to John Rolfe who remarried a colonist's daughter and did very well raising tobacco. The story about Pocahontas saving John Smith's life was told years later by John Smith with no witnesses so it is likely not true since he seemed to have lots of such stories involving him and the ladies.May 12, 2008
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Graveyard in front of the church.104 viewsThe lower right corner is a grave marker/tomb as is the upper left.May 12, 2008
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The old brick church still stands108 viewsMay 12, 2008
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Base of the memorial110 viewsMay 12, 2008
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Memorial to the colonists and the Virginia Company which backed the venture106 viewsMay 12, 2008
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The fort at Jamestown104 viewsMay 12, 2008
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Huge circular theater at the visitor's center111 viewsMay 12, 2008
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