Jamestown was founded in 1607.
Almost nothing was preserved from the first settlement which just barely survived the first three winters and did not prosper until several dozen years after its founding.
No gold or silver was discovered and early efforts to grow silk and other cash crops failed.
However, by 1630 tobacco was found to grown well, many settlements along the Chesapeake Bay were established and the fort at Jamestown became large enough to be imposing.
A statute of John Smith is in the park. Captain Smith kept the colony from breaking up some of the early years. He was injured in an accident and returned to England. His writing were important in reconstructing the history of the colony and also inspired the Plymouth Massachusetts landing in 1620.
These images are from a website built by Galen Fry Singer.
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