Posted on 05/01/2007 3:28:31 AM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
I think the descendants of the Powhatan Indians might want to express regrets over the massacre of 1622.
Virginia, by the way, had the beginnings of representative government in 1619--the year before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
My husband is the history/geography expert in this household...I’m still navigating all the nooks and crannies here on the Shore.....so I’m not exactly sure exactly where his itinerary plans to take us.
Monticello is high on my lists of places to see. I’m actually growing heirloom peppers that Jefferson grew there, that of course is not the only reason, but just kind of a neat tidbit of information I found in a seed catalog and so decided to get them.
We love road trip excurions, but after living 20 years in Delaware the shear size of the Commonwealth is daunting to me. Delaware has a great deal of history itself, but unlike Virginia the size was conducive to day trips. Because of our location, most places we all want to see here can’t be done that way, so it makes it a bit more complicated. But we’re working on it :)
"1607 marks the beginning of the English taking our land away from us," said Chief Bill Miles, who heads the Pamunkey Indian tribe in Virginia..."
"Our land", Chief? I thought the natives at the time didn't own any land. How could they have? They didn't even know what land ownership was until the concept was introduced by the Europeans, and even then they had difficulty understanding it.
Cordially,
Perfect trip for a 10 yr old. BBQ at the Lightfoot exit off I-64, a little west of Williamsburg. Enjoy!!!
I sure will!
The last time we were there for dinner we never got beyond Hooters.......it was a convenient location ofr the out of town Freepers to get to to meet the local Freeper, and then we just got comfy and decided against venturing elsewhere!!!!
Like many, I procrastinated in studying my family tree my whole life, until recently. In the course of my studies, I was shocked to learn how many of my forebears were tied to the earliest settlement of Tidewater Virginia, including those who were on these very ships. The discovery has deepened my appreciation for how blessed I am to live in this great country.
I am not familiar with the road numbers, so thank you for the info. Your post describes my perfect idea of a history viewing roadtrip excursion.
I was born and raised in NYC, but never ventured upstate to Albany. Our daughter was born in Dover, Delaware and so is familiar with the history of that city and state. So seeing Richmond is a must do on my list, and not just for her but for me, particularly now that the renovations to the capitol are done and it once again open to the public.
One of my ancestors is believed to have been among the first in Jamestown, but he didn’t stay. He went back to England (after getting shipwrecked) & returned to America on the Mayflower.
If the English settlers hadn't arrived, I wonder what would be the story to remember on this soil today.
Thanks for the nice story! I am enjoying reading the comments here. Too bad the author had to peddle the obligatory PC evil-white-man schlock.
It would have remained a malaria-infested swamp until the Jews arrived to solve the problems only to be subsequently blamed for all of the continents ills, real or imagined.
Yeah, no kiddin’. It’s nuts.
Actually, in my family, throughout many different lines, there is a tradition that we are descended from Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas. It is said that they had two children, Peregrin and Mary. Supposedly Peregrin is our forebear.
While there are no official records to back it up, I don’t totally discount it, based on the recorded events and the known history of that time.
Very interesting stuff! :-)
If you know where you come from, you understand better where and who you are - which makes it easier to discern where you’re going.
I also found others who were among the earliest in Jamestown...including one of its earliest preachers. The family tree has lots of roots in the Tidewater.
Another branch were Quakers who came into PA in the earliest days with William Penn.
They were among the first families that went into KY with Daniel Boone. The first into Missouri right after the Louisiana Purchase. The first into Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and CA. One of my great-great-great grandfathers was Joel Estes, who discovered what is now Estes Park, CO. It is said that his wife Patsy swept the cabin with eagle’s wings. :-)
One more thing: My grandmother’s great-uncle was a man named Jesse Hiatt, one of the early settlers of Madison Co., IA. He planted a big apple orchard there. In between the rows a wild apple tree sprung up. He cut it down, but the next year it grew back. So, he cut it down again. The next year, it grew again, so he famously said, “If thee must grow, thee may.” So, he let it grow and tended it for ten years before it bore a single crop. But, when it did, it was the best apple they had ever tasted. He named it the “Hawkeye.” He took it to a fair, where a rep for a MO nursery company tasted one of these delicious apples. He was crazy about it! But Jesse had already gone home, and there was no way to contact him. So, they waited until the next year, praying he would come back. And, sure enough, he did. So, they bought the rights to the Hawkeye apple from him, which gave him a modest amount of money to fix up his house and pay some bills. The punchline? They changed the name of the Hawkeye to “Delicious,” and the rest is history! :-)
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