Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-26
NATIONS TERCENTENARY AND
 THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2O.- The Jamestown Tercentennial exposi- tion which will be held on the shores of Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Va, from April 26 to November 90, will be notably a historical and educational celebration. It will commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the first permanent English-speaking colo ny in America, and it will have a more than ordinary interest because of the many historic associations of the surrounding territory. The exposi- tion bears the name of a long-aban- doned settlement on the James river, the first capital of the "old dominion" :" but large amount of history has been written since Newport sailed into the waters of Hampton Roads with his lit tie fleet in the spring of 1907.
 Much of that history has been con nected with the sea, but the banks of the Potomac and the James rivers are dotted with places made familiar by three centuries of American develop ment, and visitors to the exposition will probably find as much pleasure in the historical associations as they will in what will be seen within the grounds of the exposition.
 The visitor to Norfolk, five miles dis tant, may see for himself plastered high in the walls of an old brick church a cannon ball fired from a Brit ish war vessel during the revolution. He needs little imagination to picture the Chesapeake as it sailed out to sea to be overhauled and humiliated by the British frigate Leopard in one of the exciting years just preceding the war of 1872"
 The distance is not great, either, to the storied points on the Chesapeake. Yorktown is but few miles away across the peninsula. The Potomac and the James are dotted with places made familiar by three centuries of American development Unlike many parts of the country. too, the land has suffered few changes since those early days.
 The territory in the immediate vii cinity has been the scene of more bloody battIes-during the revolution ary war, the war of 1872 and the civil war-thn any other part of America.
 Historic Localities.
 At Hampton Roads, just of the ex- position grounds, was fought the great battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac during the civil war. the first battle between ironclads. The fortifi cations from which land force of cou- federates participated in that battle are on the exposition grounds.
 Richmond, the capital of the con federacy, is only a few hours ride from the grounds, and Petersburg, where the closing battles of the civil war were fought, is near by. Appo- mattox, where General Lee surrend- cred. is about three hours distant.
 Cape Henry, where the ships of New ports fiotilIa first anchored in Ameri- can waters in April, 1907. is only six miles from the exposition grounds The old Cape Henry lighthouse. erect ed in 1891, still stands, although more than 250 years old. A government wireless station is located at Cape Henry. and there will also be one at the exposition.
 First Permanent Settlement.
 Jamestown Island. where the first permanent settlement of English speaking people was made in America is two hours ride from Norfolk. and there are to be seen the remains of the old settlement of three centuries ago and a museum of historic relics of the early days of America. Craney Island, at the mouth of the Elizabeth river. near Norfolk. is another historic point
 Virginia Beach. one of the famous ocean resorts on the Atlantic coast, lies below Cape Henry seventeen miles from Norfolk by the Virginia Beach division of the Norfolk and Southern railway.
 Fortress Monroe, immediately across Hampton Roads, is the largest Ameri- can fort, and one of the strongest, best equipped and most picturesque mili- tary points in the world The United States naval hospital at Portsmouth, where aged and disabled sailors are cared for at government expense, is the largest institution of it's kind in the country.
 Near the grounds is the Norfolk navy yard, which has cost the govern :ment more than s20, 0,000,000. and where