17 Sep 24:
Smithfield - A Pictorial History by Segar Cofer Dashiel is an excellent resource. Well told personal stories.
Exploring the maritime history of Smithfield Virginia
17 Sep 24:
Smithfield - A Pictorial History by Segar Cofer Dashiel is an excellent resource. Well told personal stories.
* ”The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture” 1989. University of Oklahoma Press.
* ”Pocahontas’s People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries.” University of Oklahoma Press.
* ”Powhatan Foreign Relations, 1500-1722” 1989. University Press of Virginia.
* ”Young Pocahontas and the Indian World.” J&R; Graphics of Yorktown.
* Plus many more
Books available through Jamestown Settlement, Amazon or find them at a local library through WorldCat.
01 May 23:
We passed by a sign business in downton Suffolk that has an interesting mural painted on a sidewall, depicting the waterfront scene in Suffolk from days past. We spoke to Charlie, the owner of Major Signs and he let us know that a former employee named Glen did the painting 12-15 years ago, but was unsure what resources Glen drew from. Steam power continued into the early 1900s, and hybrid sail-steam craft came 15 miles up the Nansemond River into the mid 1900s. The seaport burned several times and eventually dwindled in size as Newport News and Norfolk shipping grew.
19 Apr 23:
Did more recon of local launch spots, there are nice ramps, fixed docks and a floating dock at Jones Creek. Most people would turn right off the end of the ramp and head to the Pagan River, but not Skipper. She wants to see how far upstream she can go, to look for ancestral land and a clay pit, where clay for colonial brick was harvested.
04 Apr 23:
A couple of homes on Main Street, kit homes possibly. There are two more across the street that are of the same design.