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A stroll into the past...

StubbleStubble Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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...where will it lead us?

Thomas, son of John and Rebecca did not grow up there.

I dare not walk this path alone.

Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?

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  • StubbleStubble Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Even though "Rebecca" is not there, she can still be seen waving in the area.
    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • Darktower007Darktower007 Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm lost...what's it from??
  • StubbleStubble Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Local history" John introduced tobacco as the first successful cash crop in the early 1600's. He also imported a mild strain of tobacco from Trinidad that helped make the area prosper.
    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • StubbleStubble Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An Indian trail marked by three notches carved in trees located at intervals along the path is now a road in this area.
    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • EchambersEchambers Posts: 4,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder if anyone from the forum is from Henrinco County? Anyone? Anyone?
    -- "There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go poke it with a stick."
  • StubbleStubble Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pocahontas’ name after her conversion to Christianity was Rebecca. She and John Rolfe had a son, Thomas.

    After growing up in England with his paternal grandparents, Thomas returned to Virginia, where he became a militia officer and commanded a frontier fort in western Henrico.

    After her capture by English settlers and subsequent marriage to John Rolfe in 1614, Pocahontas lived part of her life in what is currently Henrico’s Varina district. Her image today graces the Henrico seal and flag. At the end of a trip to England in 1617, Pocahontas fell ill and died at Gravesend, England, where she is buried.

    John Rolfe introduced tobacco as the first successful cash crop in the New World at Henricus in 1612. That same year, John Rolfe imported a mild strain of tobacco from Trinidad that helped make the Virginia colony prosper.

    Three Chopt Road began as an Indian trail marked by three notches carved in trees located at intervals along the ancient path.

    http://www.co.henrico.va.us/pr/fast-facts-about-henrico/

    I'm not alone in this venture....stay tuned. 9114901230803275813467

    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
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