Indian Field Creek

Indian Field Creek

The ground to the south along this creek was the home of the Chishiak Indians, a small tribe whose leader was a “werowance,” or petty chief, under Powhatan. As the English began to settle tis area, about ...

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 ...

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 ...

Great Oaks

Great Oaks

This is the first parking overlook on the Jamestown side of the Parkway. It provides a view to a very large and old oak tree. 

These oaks were sprouting acorns about 1750 and were growing toward fair size ...

Great Neck

Great Neck

When Richard Brewster, gentleman, attended some 500 acres in this area on February 6, 1637 it was described as ”the great Neck alias the barren neck. “Cleared land then, the forest has since grown back.

College Creek

College Creek

On May 12, 1607 the colonists were the next day to establish Jamestown, landed at the mouth of this creek. Captain Gabriel Archer, one of the councilors, liked the spot and would have settled here but was outvoted. ...

James River

James River

Indians knew this as the Powhatan River, the colonists renamed it in honor of their sovereign, James 1. It is one of Virginia’s longest and broadest rivers. Rising in the Appalachians it flows eastward, often soil laden, 340 ...

Orientation Map

Orientation Map

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 ...

A Famous African-American's Dream

A Famous African-American's Dream

The earliest African-American national radio and television minster and advisor of three American presidents, the Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux purchased the lands around you in 1936. His dream was to establish a farm and a ...