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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 ...

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Jones Mill Pond

Jones Mill Pond

 

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Colonial Parkway

Colonial Parkway

The Colonial Parkway is a twenty-three mile scenic roadway stretching from the York River at Yorktown to the James River at Jamestown.

Virginia Route 199 Underpass.  This bridge was originally constructed as a single-bridge grade crossing but was ...

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Jones Mill Pond

Jones Mill Pond

This mill pond and the mill dam (now covered by the Colonial Parkways) show on Civil War maps, and may have existed in Colonial times.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Orientation Map

Orientation Map

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Archer's Hope

 Archer's Hope

The great Indian massacre of March 22, 1622, during which a quarter of the population of Virginia was slain came nearest to Jamestown here in a community known as Archer’s Hope. At the house of Ensign William Spense ...

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First Public Structure in Hudson/First Schoolhouse in Summit County

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First Schoolhouse marker

Near the Gazebo, you will see a rock that marks the spot of the first public structure in town. 

When David Hudson founded our city, Ohio was a wilderness.     He was the only one of the ...

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Old Hudson Township Burying Ground

Old Hudson Township Burying Ground

The Old Township Burying Ground contains many of Hudson's earliest families.  At the gate of the cemetery, visitors will find a brochure with information provided by the Anna Lee Chapter of Questers.

The first burial, ...

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