American Indian Villages and Captain John Smith

On June 16,1608, Englishman Captain John Smith and fourteen other men from the Jamestown colony entered the Potomac River aboard a two-ton open barge in search of a glistering metal the [natives] told us they had from Patowmeck. They explored ...

Captain John Smith

Captain

John Smith

Governor of

Virginia

1608

Back of Monument:

Erected by

The Association of

the Preservation of

Virginia Antiquities

1907

Lower Plaque:

The gift of

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bryan

Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Captain John Smith

John Smith was born about 1580 the son of a yeoman farmer of modest means. As a young man he traveled throughout Europe and fought as a soldier in the Netherlands and in Hungary. There he was captured, taken to ...

Captain John Smith

Captain

John Smith

Governor of

Virginia

1608

Back of Monument:

Erected by

The Association of

the Preservation of

Virginia Antiquities

1907

Lower Plaque:

The gift of

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bryan

Marker can be reached from Colonial Parkway, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org