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Hampton Roads
World’s Largest Natural Harbor
Preface: Newport News...
Headquarters, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army
The splendid natural harbor of Hampton Roads served the na...
The Hampton Roads Golf And Country Club
First in Virginia & One of the First 100 in the Country
Hampton Roads – World’s Greatest Harbor
Historical Events Passing the Shores of Olde Wythe
T...
Stalemate in Hampton Roads
In a “big glass case”
After the March 8-9, 1862, Bat...
Results for Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
World’s Largest Natural Harbor
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight ...
Headquarters, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army
The splendid natural harbor of Hampton Roads served the nation as a military port of embarkation in the Spanish American War and two World Wars. In World War 1, headquarters were set up at Newport News on July 11, 1917, ...
The Hampton Roads Golf And Country Club
First in Virginia & One of the First 100 in the Country
The Hampton Roads Golf and Country Club was established in 1893 on undeveloped land purchased for speculation by Mary Frances Armstrong in 1888. This site today would extend from ...
Hampton Roads – World’s Greatest Harbor
Historical Events Passing the Shores of Olde Wythe
The body of water before you, named Hampton Roads, is one of the world’s biggest, deepest, natural harbors. It is formed at the mouths of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers and empties ...
Stalemate in Hampton Roads
In a “big glass case”
After the March 8-9, 1862, Battle of Hampton Roads, CSS Virginia went into drydock for refitting. USS Monitor guarded Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s transport vessels in the York River near Fort Monroe, and the Federals ...