Maritime Prehistory

Archaeology has helped us learn a lot about life in prehistoric Pensacola. Although little archaeological evidence exists from Pensacola’s earliest Paleoindian residents, sites from later periods reveal a strong reliance on the marine landscape. Local salt and fresh waterways provided ...

The Medical Shop

The Medical Shop

This is a NPS reconstruction of a medical Shop owned by Dr. Corbin Griffin who was a physician in Yorktown. During the 1781 Yorktown Siege, Dr. Griffin was imprisoned by the British and held on a ship ...

The Poor Potter

The Poor Potter

Many of Yorktown's citizens were active in events leading to American independence. One such was a virtually unknown resident that helped to break Great Britain's economic hold over the colonies. Called today the "poor potter" of Yorktown, ...

Colonial Parkway Bridges

The meticulous landscaping undertaken during the construction of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s is evident to this day.

Tree Planting

Meticulous landscaping is a hallmark of classically designed parkways. More than 17,000 trees and shrubs were planted between Yorktown and Williamsburg, including pines, cedars, dogwoods, redbuds, tulip and beech trees.

Entering Colonial Parkway

Entering Colonial Parkway

The Colonial Parkway, part of Colonial National Historical Park located on the Virginia's James-York peninsula, is a National Park Service scenic parkway constructed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public Roads between 1931 and ...

Colonial Parkway Tunnel

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Powhatan's Village

Across the York River is the site of Werowocomco, an Indian village, that was Powhatan’s “chiefest habitation” in the early period of the Jamestown settlement. Captain John Smith was a prisoner there in 1607.

Naval Weapons Station

Naval Weapons Station

The piers extending in to the York River, just to the right, serve a major Navy installation. Since its establishment in 1918, then as a Mine Depot, it has served our country in two World Wars and ...

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 ...