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A lost Spanish mission on the York River
When the first English settlers sailed into Hampton Roads in 1607, they were latecomers to Virginia. Four times during the previous half-century, Spanish explorers probed the James and York rivers - and on Sept. 10, 1570 they planted a Jesuit mission...
Tags: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Arts and Culture, College of William and Mary, Archaeology, Mexico
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Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society holding benefit estate sale
The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society will hold an estate sale on Saturday in Middlesex County to benefit the animal shelter. The estate was owned by John "Jack" Phillip Derr Kauffman, who died last year, said a spokeswoman for the organization. The... -
Cannibalism at Jamestown evidence unearthed
Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Anthropology, Archaeology, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Culture
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Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say
The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...
Tags: Anthropology, Arts and Culture, Dismemberment, Culture, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Colonial Virginia gentry embraced stranded North African
As the political epicenter of British America’s richest and most populous colony, the town of Williamsburg played host to a rich cross-spectrum of humanity during the 1700s. Planters, merchants and tradesmen of all shades and stripes came from...
Tags: Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Algeria, College of William and Mary, Culture, Augusta County
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17th-century recipe for church's rehab
Even in a region celebrated for its early colonial churches, old St. Luke's stands out from the crowd. No house of worship in English America reaches further back in time than this landmark 17th-century relic. And mixed in with the classical...
Tags: Renovation, Arts and Culture, Smithfield, Building Material, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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From our Files for April 14, 2013
100 Years Ago — 1913 International Harvester Co. of America is advertising its International Commercial Car. The ad says modern businessmen and farmers have ceased to measure distances by miles, but by minutes instead. A farmer may say he lives...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Re-enactors cover all walks of 18th-century life during Fort Frederick's Market Fair
alnotarianni@aol.comTraders pulled primitive carts full of wares across fields in the cool morning air. Servants used long sticks to stir stew in sturdy black pots, and a town crier announced an auction to take place after noon. The wistful tunes of a fife sailed in the...Tags: French and Indian War, Travel, Gardens and Parks, State Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Historic Garden Week: Submit beautiful outdoor photos to win state and Williamsburg tour tickets and more
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." (Frances Hodgson Burnett) In honor of the 80th Anniversary of Historic Garden Week in Virginia the City of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Garden Club invite you to take to...
Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure
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Orlando Ridout V, architectural historian
Orlando Ridout V, a historian of early Maryland buildings who explored crawl spaces and attics for their social and architectural details, died of pancreatic cancer complications April 6 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The lifelong Annapolis resident...
Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Painting, Pancreatic Cancer, Brooklyn (New York City)
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P. Allen Smith: Meet nationally known garden expert in Colonial Williamsburg Saturday, April 13
Designer, gardening and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith presents “How to Get More Out of Your Garden than a Backache” during a book signing and lecture 4-5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13,in the Colony Room of the Williamsburg Lodge, Colonial...
Tags: Recipes, Television Industry, Authors
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South High Boosters to meet Monday
A meeting of the South Hagerstown High School boosters will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in the media center at South Hagers-town High School. There will be many topics to discuss. Everyone is invited. Diabetes support group to meet April 17 The diabetes...Tags: Fine Arts, Teaching and Learning, Yale University, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Culture
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Original site for Colonial Williamsburg topic gallery.