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).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neck of Land

NECK OF LAND

Near “James City”

This area, like a peninsula and bounded on three sides by marsh, is just across from Jamestown Island. In 1625 there  were a number or houses and 25 persons were living here. ...

First Ladies Garden- West Wing

Footbridge and Tobacco Road

Footbridge and Tobacco Road.

This foot bridge crosses a deep ravine.    Underneath the footbridge is a path that in the 18^th Century was known as Tobacco Road. 

Tobacco, in the 17th and 18th centuries, was a valuable form of currency. ...

Old Tannery Farm, once home of John Brown

A number of Hudson Ohio's historic plaques reference John Brown.  The famous abolitionist came to Hudson with his family as a five-year old in 1805.  

John's father Owen, often referred to as Squire Brown, played a major role in ...