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  2. Four Mile Tree - Wikipedia

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    Four Mile Tree is the name of a plantation near Jamestown, Virginia that once encompassed two thousand acres (8 km 2), it was situated on the south bank of the James River opposite Jamestown, four miles (6 km) further north. On a hill near the water's edge a handsome old house overlooks the river.

  3. Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Jamestown settlers arrived in Virginia during a severe drought, according to a research study conducted by the Jamestown Archaeological Assessment (JAA) team in the 1990s. The JAA analyzed information from a study conducted in 1985 by David Stahle and others, who obtained drawings of 800-year-old bald cypress trees along the Nottoway and ...

  4. List of James River plantations - Wikipedia

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    Four Mile Tree A plantation near Jamestown, Virginia that once encompassed two thousand acres (8 km 2), it was situated on the south bank of the James River opposite Jamestown, four miles (6 km) further north. On a hill near the water's edge a handsome old house overlooks the river.

  5. Trees, vegetation to be removed near pedestrian bridges in ...

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    Dec. 1—The city of Jamestown's Forestry Department and the Jamestown Parks and Recreation District will remove trees and vegetation near the pedestrian bridges of Nickeus, Klaus and McElroy ...

  6. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River.

  7. Colonial Parkway - Wikipedia

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    The Colonial Parkway is mostly covered by trees. It is very shady in the spring and summer and just as beautiful in the fall and winter. The western end of the parkway begins at Jamestown, on Jamestown Island (see image), where the Virginia Colony was begun in 1607 on the shore of the James River.

  8. Mystery surrounding 400-year-old Jamestown gravestone ...

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    The tombstone, from 1627, was erected at the Jamestown settlement following the death of Sir George Yeardley, a colonial governor of Virginia. Mystery surrounding 400-year-old Jamestown gravestone ...

  9. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    On April 10, they entered the “Chesupioc” Bay and landed alongside “faire meddowes and goodly tall trees.” [8] Finally on April 26, 1607, the London Company reached Virginia, and declared their settlement Jamestown in honor of the King. [9] Almost immediately the London Company began sending shipments of trees back to England.

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