Construction of Halfway Creek Bridge

Construction of the bridge across Halfway Creek. Finished in 1942 this bridge, along with the Colonial Parkway tunnel, was one of the few federal highway construction projects completed during World War II.

Hydraulic fill at College Creek

More than 1.7 million cubic yards of earth were used to create fill for the construction of the parkway at the across the Jamestown isthmus and at College Creek (shown here).

Bellfield Plantation

Bellfield Plantation

The Bellfield house site and graveyard are located some 300 yards to the east. This was the home of two early Virginia governors; Captain John West in 1632 and Edward Digges produced superior tobacco and led attempts to ...

Ringfield Plantation

Ringfield Plantation

The land across this creek was first granted to Captain Robert Felgate in 1630. Sixty years later it was acquire by Joseph Ring, a prosperous planter and one of the trustees of the Town of York when it ...

This is Jamestown Island

This is Jamestown Island

Arrival at Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center and parking area

The Palisades

The Palisades

For protection against the Indians, the settlers built a log palisade across the narrows fo the peninsula between the York and James rivers. This was about 1633. Middle Plantation (later Williamsburg) began as a settlement along this palisade ...

Attempted Settlement

Attempted Settlement

A small group of Spanish Jesuits attempted a settlement in Virginia in September 1570. They are said to have entered the James River and landed along this creek and crossed the peninsula to establish a mission near York ...

Jamestown Island

Jamestown Island

The woodland and marsh beyond the water is Jamestown Island, a pear-shape area of some 1,500 acres, being about 2 ½ miles in length. It is separated from the mainland by Back Creek. In more recent times the ...

The Cole Digges House

Cole Digges House.  

This house was built about 1720 and was the home of Cole Digges.   Cole Digges was the son of Councilor Dudley Digges.  Cole Digges was born in 1691, the same year Yorktown was established. His family’s wealth ...

First Ladies Garden- West Wing