The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-25

Have MARC 4Ep oMEF * THE
GRO gf3ps NOW Gee NEED BY
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ing 4 n torsS 81 lie site IL the Jarlss
town i poosftfot, TO he held ON Sewers
'EPoinf on 4amp ton Roads near tsor
Ifoik iii 1907 charles w. Gonsolyo
who Ii ltes q deep interest III the his
tory 81 the subject has hnearthed
many t1lterssting facts He Is a din,
feal cenSdent Of q ppEtnsely house Of
lcastile aid Gould, NJ he 50 desired,
ldeck his name With 6lmberless Dons
and Us. He. however prefers the
bsimpler life Of this country and scorps
ia1lautles. tiif@ fi s
II Among other teresting facts, Che
Ehais di / n that ii was, from tse.
I:Wel's 81 point near itheJ site OF tine Ok
kk1b3bttsltioni q that the English inst saw
ess pt "a ~! which the friendly
Eehesanea1se indians told the white
mem .sienIfied other Of the fWatsfs. .
rhgse. explorers hads been sent out
fpon+ the settlement founded by Sir
waiter Raleieh oni; Roanoke Island in
i15S5. The expedition had been sent
Ego ON nn der dominant OF Sir Richard
EGrenyflle who afterwards attained i'm:
lmortals fame by his stubborn I fight
against 5s Spanish ships with his little
vessel the Revenge. He left the colo,
ntsts under command of Captain
Ralnh lane who during. the winter,
sat ont with a few companions to ex-
nlore +ba country. to the northward.
ranta,r,iI ,ana after much, toll, and .prf.
ID i'm -rtached Sewers. point and
Ebere 31,scovered the village Of Chesa-
baore Indians who. showed. him the
,o,a . 1,av LAYING behind Old Point
roStort. a. 81.
! The Roanoke co1ony,was abandoned
aho+tl, after this The colonists suf-
Far Fare fr Il, privatIons and were
Enrsssant1v, attacked BY the hostile
Miami sir, waiter raleigh ordered
that 4 settlement should be establish
s1.io -tbeosita of; the present city Of
ST T., .s1,,,+ owing to,1ack. of proper
!, ra,A onara+,on the clony. was not
as s
Tha thesane cake Indians were a
tho Tho ~ fa,,r hundred people with one
~. 80, - 80 q ghttng men when Lane
camel sewers point, they were en-
!. ,nrad on, that that notnt with their
taaess 1s;nread o,,t in q wide circle.
4 The . ,lr white man to settle on the
IL,r,,n+ t4e,n,r.v sewell who built his
So,,sA there5tn 1ese. He was a mem
!berios. the house of Burgesses oflawer
Norfolk county One Of these is the
old blaclsmith shop and the other is
] aTsl1Fnq he,l5se which stands on
fbe %s,ts az the tirst court house and
ia, I- evsr. erected IN the English Colo
ntas }Tl,,e dwelltng IL in a good state
!. III Js,..va Nan n And HE curious win
,,6,rs NJ atm barred Iby from bars inn
,,orksS -, Int [1F,s,alaind; over the Elk
pos,Hor sro,nds ne Y armies engaged
:. +hrss 81 bav:F matched. During
t+a paS,a IA IL sewell's point was the
SCENE of several skirmishes. During
FfTsstF var, - e 1912 when the British at
t 80 - aSAt aast rnvedl Hannton they
.e ssaa.. ,t ~ ssweii,s Point In the
GtyyIi war the point was Occupied by
tha'l battery Of the confederate de-
f tas l. rTorf6lk
nh. The ANT a. with which the Chesapeake
a.. ..s IS tx heir arrowheads was
,.-e,a a.. hanks, Of ,Boush,s Creek
!, III te1ISds M 5ii s;i,d6el q the EXPOSE
itE nrnf glrro1IS13}tl f I + . ~ y "
tion = " ,,,,+o,,aa
- III s.. - .ast haunted the
, .gs.,ls 1 ,eninIscence associating Sc
I s, 81 ne $50 LII almost every stage
EToE6 tba dome Of the Auditorium
III ~, - - canaroat.,s seven difrerent
tlu .ls' ., go, ,ihoss;far-
eoun!ies nl[ts - ,. 81 san.s - +l,a