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Jamestown Settlement
Return to 1607
Jamestown Rd and Greensprings Rd
PO Box 1607
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone: +1 757 253 4838 / +1 888 593 4682
Fax: +1 757 253 5299
"Your empire will be eclipsed by a nation coming from Chesapeake." Powhatan, the ruler of the area that is now Virginia and the surrounding states, was given this warning by his chief advisor in 1607. A few months later, English colonists sailed into the Chesapeake Bay and settled at Jamestown. In a few years, Powhatan's power was usurped. Both adults and children will find visiting the re-creation of the Jamestown Settlement interesting and educational. At the Powhatan Indian Village, try grinding corn, a staple of the Native American diet, weave wild grasses into rope and discover how difficult it is to make a dugout canoe. Visit the triangular James Fort, where the settlers lived, and learn about life in the early 17th century. Copies of the ships that brought the first colony to America are docked at the site. Visitors can even hoist the sails! Galleries illustrate English, Indian and American Colonial histories with artifacts. Costumed interpreters guide you through this fascinating site.
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