Hampton

by Wythe Holt, Hampton History Museum, J. Michael Cobb

Book Overview

According to its citizens, Hampton, Virginia, is the oldest continuously inhabited English-speaking city on the continent. It replaced Kecoughtan, an important Native American settlement. The English established a thriving tobacco port, a planned town centered on the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The British bombarded the town during the Revolutionary War and pillaged it during the War of 1812. Because of the continued Union occupation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738553816
• ISBN13: 9780738553818
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"