Introduction

This map shows the route taken on our 8,000 mile trip around the United States and part of Canada. We started our adventure the middle of August in Lynnwood Washington and ended two months later in Desert Hot Springs California.

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT

The settlement is a replica of the old Jamestown Settlement near Williamsburg Vergina.
The first joint-stock company to launch a lasting venture to the New World was the Virginia Company of London. The investors had one goal in mind: gold. They hoped to repeat the success of Spaniards who found gold in South America. In 1607, 144 English men and boys established the Jamestown colony, named after King James I. The colonists were told that if they did not generate any wealth, financial support for their efforts would end. Many of the men spent their days vainly searching for gold.