Directions from Norfolk, Virginia to Colonial Heights, Virginia
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Deep Bottom Park Captain John Smiths Adventures on the James www.johnsmithtrail.org
Things To Do – Henrico, Virginia
Inscription. Fourmile Creek flows into the slender oxbow of the James River here. Oxbows, successive curvatures in the rivers course, forced Smith and his men to row long distances on their exploratory trip upstream. Navigating the ... More on HMDB
Robious Landing Park
Parks – Richmond, Virginia
Featuring river access, a new playground and picnic shelters. More on Visitrichmondva.com
Scream Forest
Things To Do – Glen Allen, Virginia
Dare to experience Scream Forest. We put you out in the woods...on foot, with nothing between you and the creatures of the night...where no one cares if you scream! ... More on HauntedHouse.com
Benjamin Harrison
Landmarks – Charles City, Virginia
Inscription. Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) Virginia planter, politician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence was born at nearby Berkekey plantation. He first served in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1752, though elected ... More on HMDB
Early Shockoe
Landmarks – Richmond, Virginia
Inscription. "We laid the foundation of two large cities, one at Shacco's, to be called Richmond." William Byrd II, 1733, "In those days the river was the road to town. Tobacco was boated down to Westham, seven miles above the falls, ... More on HMDB
Dumpling Island
Landmarks – Suffolk, Virginia
Inscription. The ceremonial heart of the Nansemond Indian district stood a mile east on Dumpling Island in the Nansemond River. In 1608, Capt. John Smith led colonists upriver to obtain corn from t... More on HMDB
Fort Stevens Civil War Site
Landmarks – Chesterfield, Virginia
Confederate forces counterattacked from Fort Stevens during the Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 16, 1864, in ... More on Virginia.org
Sappony Church Hamptons Cavalry: "Too strong to be overcome" Wilson-Kautz Raid
Sightseeing – Stony Creek, Virginia
Inscription. In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R. R. and the Richmond and Danville R. R. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid ... More on HMDB
Second Line of the Confederate Defenses
Landmarks – Richmond, Virginia
Inscription. This cannon, marks the location of, the Second Line of the, Confederate Defenses of Richmond, Placed in 1938 by the City of Richmond, at the request of the, Confederate Memorial Literary Society, , Erected 1938 by City ... More on HMDB
Bollingbrook Hotel
Things To Do – Petersburg, Virginia
Inscription. After a fire destroyed John Niblo's tavern in 1827, Niblo assembled a group of investors who constructed on this site in 1828 the three-story Bollingbrook Hotel, attributed to Otis Manson. The hotel became known as "one ... More on HMDB
Historic Hopewell Foundation, Inc.
Museums – Hopewell, Virginia
The foundation operates the St. Dennis Chapel Early History Museum and Weston Manor. See listings for both. More on MuseumsUSA.org
Luna Restaurant
Restaurants – Hopewell, Virginia
I do NOT usually like this type of food but Luna prepares food with such individual care. More on Restaurantica
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