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Dodgeville's old downtown, including the 1859 Greek Revival Iowa County Courthouse, [27] the 1888 Italianate-styled Ford hardware store, [28] the 1901 Queen Anne Auditorium (opera house), [29] the 1919 Neoclassical-styled First National Bank, [30] the 1922 Commercial Craftsman Pollard harness shop, [31] and the 1940 Art Deco Commonwealth ...
The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg.
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 ...
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) and the U.S. National Park ...
David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003) Helen C. Rountree, The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture (University of Oklahoma Press, 2013) Ed Southern (Editor), Jamestown Adventure, The: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605-1614 (Blair, 2011)
Richard Lawrence Member of the House of Burgesses for James City County In office June 1676 Preceded by Edward Ramsey Succeeded by Edward Hill Personal details Born England Died Colony of Virginia Resting place unknown Spouse Dorothy Education Oxford University Richard Lawrence (before 1640 – after December 1676) was an Oxford University graduate who emigrated to the Virginia colony where ...
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William Farrar was born before April 28, 1583, [2] the date of his christening, in Croxton, Lincolnshire, England. [3] He was the 3rd son of John Farrar of Croxton [1] and London, Esquire, a wealthy merchant and landowner with various holdings in West Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Hertfordshire, [4] and Cecily Kelke, an heiress [5] and direct descendant of Edward III of England. [6]