James City, Va. Visited: October 12, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 258 of 353 and is also an: NPS Affiliate Site Visited: 13 of 26 NPS Website; Local Website; NPS Colonial NHP Website; Local Colonial NHP Website WHAT IS IT? Location of the first successful English colony in the New World, led in 1607 by Capt. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New World’
Jamestown National Historic Site – part of Colonial National Historical Park
Posted in National Historic Site, National Historical Park, tagged Colonial National Historical Park, Colonization, England, New World, Virginia on October 12, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Posted in National Memorial, tagged Arkansas, Civil War, Colonization, Fort, France, Ghost Town, New World, Revo, Swamp on August 29, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Gould, Ark. Visited: August 29, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 240 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Site of one of France’s earliest permanent New World settlements. For almost 200 years, from 1686 to 1863, the Arkansas Post was an important city but now nothing remains. BEAUTY (5/10) The Park is a [...]
Fort Caroline National Memorial
Posted in National Memorial, tagged Colonization, Florida, Fort, France, Huguenots, Jacksonville, New World, Spain on February 2, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Part of Timucuan Ecological and Historical PreserveJacksonville, Fla. Visited: February 2, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 139 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Reconstructed 16th-century fort that marks the brief Protestant French (Huguenot) presence along the southern Atlantic coast. BEAUTY (2/10) We asked the Ranger at Castillo de San Marcos NM why did [...]
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged Cannons, Colonial History, Colonization, Florida, Fort, New World, Spain, St. Augustine on February 1, 2005 | 3 Comments »
St. Augustine, Fla. Visited: February 1, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 138 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? A massive stone masonry 17th-century Spanish fort built to protect the city of St. Augustine from British colonial invasion. The Castillo de San Marcos (St. Mark’s Castle) marked the northern-most settlement in Spain’s vast New [...]