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On May 14, 1607, 104 English settlers landed at Jamestown Island, Virginia, to establish a colony for the Virginia Company. Thought to be lost to history forever under the James River, the o…

Jamestown Island, Virginia, is on the James River about 35 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. In 1994 archaeologists found evidence there of the original 1607 English settlement. Since then, the…

In 1994 archaeologist and historian Bill Kelso discovered the original 1607 English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Since the find, the Jamestown Rediscovery archeological project has une…

American History TV visited Bacon’s Castle in Surry, Virginia. Bacon’s Castle is the oldest brick dwelling in the U.S., and was occupied by Nathaniel Bacon’s supporters during a 1676 politic…

On May 14, 1607, 104 English settlers landed at Jamestown Island, Virginia to establish a colony for the Virginia Company. The location served as the capital of Virginia until 1699. Thought …

William Kelso talked about the archaeological discoveries at the site of the 1607 James Fort at Jamestown, Virginia, which offer new perspectives to the contemporaneous accounts of the first…

Warren Billings talked about the Jamestown General Assembly of 1619 on the 390th anniversary of the first authorized representative legislative body in English North America, which was conve…