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Swanns Tavern 1670s

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Landmarks – Williamsburg, Virginia

Inscription. in ye sd Col Swanns Ordinary at James City. Minutes of the General Court, 1677, Although councilman Colonel Thomas Swann resided across the James River at his Swann Point plantation, he also leased a Jamestown tavern ... More on HMDB

Uttamusack

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Landmarks – West Point, Virginia

Inscription. Nearby on the Pamunkey River was the location of paramount chief Powhatan's primary temple site, Uttamusack, the spiritual center of the Powhatan Indians. On the site stood a holy house for Powhatan, and two additional ... More on HMDB

Orange County / Spotsylvania County

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Landmarks – Locust Grove, Virginia

Inscription. (East Facing Side): Orange County: Area Formed from Spotsylvania County in 1734, Orange County, a pastoral Piedmont county, was probably named in honor of William IV, the Dutch prince of Orange, who married Anne, the ... More on HMDB

Early Settlement

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Landmarks – Champlain, Virginia

Inscription. Two miles east near the river, Richard Coleman planted a frontier settlement and trading post in 1652. By 1660 a church was built, to which every man was required to come armed for protection against the Indians. , Erected ... More on HMDB

A Tale of Two Mills Trading and Burial Grounds

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Landmarks – Washington, Virginia

Inscription. During the Civil War, two mills stood on the Rush River in this vicinity on the property of John Jett, who resided at Ellerslie half a mile south of here. They included the Avon Mill before you and the Jett Mill (no longer ... More on HMDB

Homestead by the Main Road

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Landmarks – Newport News, Virginia

Inscription. Lee Hall Mansion is the only Italianate antebellum plantation house on the lower Peninsula. It was completed in 1859 and was home to Richard D. Lee, justice of the peace for Warwick County. In 1850 Lee purchased a 452-acre ... More on HMDB

Debdeavon

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Landmarks – Eastville, Virginia

Inscription. "Laughing King of Accomacke, Emperor of the Easterne Shoare, King of the Great Nussawattocks", A gallant warrior and a loyal, friend to the early settlers, of the Eastern Shore. His timely warning to the colonists, of ... More on HMDB

Seaford

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Landmarks – Seaford, Virginia

Inscription. Settlement began here in 1636, when John Chisman patented 600 acres on Crab Neck, a peninsula bounded by Chisman Creek and Back Creek, a tributary of York River. The neck then lay in Charles River Parish in York County, ... More on HMDB

Phelps Pond

Parks – Remington, Virginia

This pond is on the Phelps Wildlife Management Area in Fauquier County.Anglers can reach the Phelps Pond from I-95 and Fredericksburg by taking Rt. 17 North to Rt. 651. Take a left and follow Rt. 651 through Summerduck to the main ... More on AnglerWeb.com

From a Burying Ground to a Park

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Parks – Fredericksburg, Virginia

Inscription. “On motion made and seconded, resolved unanimously that the new burying ground be enclosed with brick¦.”,      Council Minutes of July 6th, 1824      Robert Lewis, Mayor (Buried in the Masonic Lodge ... More on HMDB

Mobjack Bay

Things To Do – New Point, Virginia

Final Meeting, Fateful March

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Sightseeing – Fredericksburg, Virginia

Inscription. To reach the Union army's right flank, Jackson would have to march his corps twelve miles over narrow, unpaved roads. The general hoped to have his men moving by dawn on May 2, but he got an unusually late start. It was ... More on HMDB

Melson's Munchies

Restaurants – Williamsburg, Virginia

Pupuseria Mi Casita

Restaurants – Newport News, Virginia

Allman's Barbecue

Restaurants – Fredericksburg, Virginia

Best pulled pork sandwich I've ever run into. More on Yahoo! Travel