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traverse the river at regular dates of
sailing.
The York river in Virginia carries
one past historic Yorktown where the
steamer stops. The little village, so
famous in history, does not have
200 inhabitants according to the last
census. The Nelson house, the Corn
wallis cave where General CORVALLIS
is said to have sought safety from
American cannon balls during the
siege, the old hotel, more than 200
years old, the old custom house, still
standing and used bank, the monu-
ment where CORVALLIS surrendered
his sword-almost every inch of
ground seems sacred.
The James river line of steamers
carries one down the James river from
Richmond over the most historic
river in America. The entire coun-
try is preserved almost as when the
first English colonists settled. What
is left of the original jamestown Is
land is almost as when the colonists
first landed except for the works to
preserve the land from the wash of
the tide, aind historic buildings
which have been restored. The old
jamestown church which was burned
during Bacon's rebellion, more than
two hundred years ago, was not re-
stored till the jamestown exposition
when stood within it's walls on the
very spot where John Rolfe stood
when he married Pocahontas.
/ was told that the church register
showed that over six thousand bod
les had been inferred in the church.
yard, but less than a score could be
located. On the river shore l picked
up what seemed to be pebbles, but
found them bits of ancient bricks Of
former houses which stood where the
waves were then washing. A few
miles over on the mainland stands
Williamsburg-the greatest center of
history makers in colonial days. Old
Bruton Church still stands. The SEX
ton is kept busy guiding viitors thru
the church and churchyard. Almost
every pew has been occupie dby some
notable in American history. In its
churchyard sleep many makers of
America. Down the street is old Will
liam and Mary college nearly two
hundred and fifty years old and next
to Harvard the oldest college in
America. The old powder horn-built
to store powder in more than 200 years
ago-still stands, we'll preserved. A
guide and guide book will show you
this old historic town in about three
hours.
On the south bank of the river, not
far down it, in Isle of Wight county
stands the old Smithfeld Church
built in 1632-and restored since the
Civil War on its original foundations.
Tn cluster cities at the mouth of the
James reminds one of the cluster
which stood at the mouth of the
Hudson river.
Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport
News are destined to be the nucleus of
leading cities on the finest harbor in
the world within few years.
Two centuries, and even one CEN
fury, may find them surprising New
York City. They contain more peo-
pie than New York did in 1900 and are
the gateway of the South where
trains will meet the ferry across the
Atlantic. Here will come people from
the North, East, South and West for
climatic and economic reasons. Bal
timore at the northern end of the
Chesapeake and Norfolk at the other
will be the terminals of the greatest
water transportation in the world. Nor
is the water used only for traffic.
Probably a half-million persons, di-
rectly and indirectly, are dependent
upon this Bay and its tributaries for
whole or partial livelihood.
This section which is less than two
hundred miles long by one hundred
and fifty miles broad, contains the
birthplace of nearly dozen signers
Of the Declaration Of independence,
also seven Presidents: Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, w. Fl.
Harrison, Tyler, and Taylor. Wash
ington and Monroe were born in
Westmoreland county on the Potomac
river, while Madison was born at Port
Conway, in King Georges county on
the same river. Harrison and Tyler
were born in Charles City. county on
the James river and when Harrison
was elected President, Tyler was elect
ed Vice-President and finished the I'M
expired term Of President Harrison
when the latter died after less than a
month in office.
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