Jamestown

[DrumNFeather]

I had the opportunity to spend the weekend near Williamsburg, VA and while I was there, visited Yorktown (the location where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, thus ending the revolutionary war), and Jamestown.

For those of you that don't know, Jamestown is documented to be the first Permanent English settlement in America.

I found Jamestown's story and history to be incredible. Much like the stories of the founding fathers, or even the beginnings and continuation of the LDS church, Jamestown survived in spite of the overwhelming odds of failure.

Time ran a great series of Articles on Jamestown this past week, and here's the first. It gives a brief rundown of the history and how the settlers got there and how they survived.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615175,00.html

The next article is about John Smith, an unlikely leader who escaped slavery as a young man by killing his master and avoided the Gallows a few times in his life to ultimately lead this group of settlers and become a key factor in the positive aspects of the settlers relationship with the Indians here in Virginia.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615180,00.html

Finally, the last article I'll link to discusses the archeological dig that is taking place and has taken place since the 1990s. One of the first digs on the Jamestown site took place in the early 1930s, and the site was rarely touched after that because many of the experts believed that the fort was under water in the James river, but an archeologist in the mid 1990s had other ideas and ever since then, artifacts have been excavated by the hundreds of thousands and the work continues today.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615195,00.html

I found these articles to be interesting and I really enjoyed my experience in Jamestown. Colonial Williamsburg gets a lot of the advertising and publicity, but I had a pretty neat experience walking the grounds of the original Jamestown fort and reading about the first settlers to permanently be in America and the way they lived and more importantly, survived.

I would recommend a visit if you are ever out in Virginia, it is well worth your time.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

I had the opportunity to spend the weekend near Williamsburg, VA and while I was there, visited Yorktown (the location where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, thus ending the revolutionary war), and Jamestown.

For those of you that don't know, Jamestown is documented to be the first Permanent English settlement in America.

I found Jamestown's story and history to be incredible. Much like the stories of the founding fathers, or even the beginnings and continuation of the LDS church, Jamestown survived in spite of the overwhelming odds of failure.

Time ran a great series of Articles on Jamestown this past week, and here's the first. It gives a brief rundown of the history and how the settlers got there and how they survived.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615175,00.html

The next article is about John Smith, an unlikely leader who escaped slavery as a young man by killing his master and avoided the Gallows a few times in his life to ultimately lead this group of settlers and become a key factor in the positive aspects of the settlers relationship with the Indians here in Virginia.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615180,00.html

Finally, the last article I'll link to discusses the archeological dig that is taking place and has taken place since the 1990s. One of the first digs on the Jamestown site took place in the early 1930s, and the site was rarely touched after that because many of the experts believed that the fort was under water in the James river, but an archeologist in the mid 1990s had other ideas and ever since then, artifacts have been excavated by the hundreds of thousands and the work continues today.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615195,00.html

I found these articles to be interesting and I really enjoyed my experience in Jamestown. Colonial Williamsburg gets a lot of the advertising and publicity, but I had a pretty neat experience walking the grounds of the original Jamestown fort and reading about the first settlers to permanently be in America and the way they lived and more importantly, survived.

I would recommend a visit if you are ever out in Virginia, it is well worth your time.

I read the Time magazine articles this last week. Cool stuff.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

I had the opportunity to spend the weekend near Williamsburg, VA and while I was there, visited Yorktown (the location where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, thus ending the revolutionary war), and Jamestown.

For those of you that don't know, Jamestown is documented to be the first Permanent English settlement in America.

I found Jamestown's story and history to be incredible. Much like the stories of the founding fathers, or even the beginnings and continuation of the LDS church, Jamestown survived in spite of the overwhelming odds of failure.

Time ran a great series of Articles on Jamestown this past week, and here's the first. It gives a brief rundown of the history and how the settlers got there and how they survived.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615175,00.html

The next article is about John Smith, an unlikely leader who escaped slavery as a young man by killing his master and avoided the Gallows a few times in his life to ultimately lead this group of settlers and become a key factor in the positive aspects of the settlers relationship with the Indians here in Virginia.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615180,00.html

Finally, the last article I'll link to discusses the archeological dig that is taking place and has taken place since the 1990s. One of the first digs on the Jamestown site took place in the early 1930s, and the site was rarely touched after that because many of the experts believed that the fort was under water in the James river, but an archeologist in the mid 1990s had other ideas and ever since then, artifacts have been excavated by the hundreds of thousands and the work continues today.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...615195,00.html

I found these articles to be interesting and I really enjoyed my experience in Jamestown. Colonial Williamsburg gets a lot of the advertising and publicity, but I had a pretty neat experience walking the grounds of the original Jamestown fort and reading about the first settlers to permanently be in America and the way they lived and more importantly, survived.

I would recommend a visit if you are ever out in Virginia, it is well worth your time.

You just missed the Queen! Jamestown is fantastic, though I do prefer Colonial Williamsburg. That entire area is beautiful. Sometimes I regret not going to UVA.

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

You just missed the Queen! Jamestown is fantastic, though I do prefer Colonial Williamsburg. That entire area is beautiful. Sometimes I regret not going to UVA.

You mean William and Mary?

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

You mean William and Mary?

No, UVA, though I would have loved William and Mary too. UVA just becuase it is only about an hour and a half drive from Williamsburg if I recall correctly and is a great university with a fantastic atmosphere (with Montpelier and Monticello close).

[DrumNFeather]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

No, UVA, though I would have loved William and Mary too. UVA just becuase it is only about an hour and a half drive from Williamsburg if I recall correctly and is a great university with a fantastic atmosphere (with Montpelier and Monticello close).

I have a number of friends and work associates that attended one or the other...

Most, if not all of the William & Mary grads I know say they would only want to go to UVA because it was "easier."

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

No, UVA, though I would have loved William and Mary too. UVA just becuase it is only about an hour and a half drive from Williamsburg if I recall correctly and is a great university with a fantastic atmosphere (with Montpelier and Monticello close).

Gotcha. Charlottesville is a great college town. I would certainly have gone there if that were one of my options.