Water and Well
“ … not at all replenished with springs of fresh water … their wells brackish, ill-scented … and not grateful to the stomach.” If a well at Jamestown was sunk to the right depth, it could yield “sweet water.” Too deep a well would hit saltwater; too shallow a well would be contaminated with human waste. Fevers and “fluxes” were common.
Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org