Jamestown
Jamestown names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Jamestown a ala she district of James Frankfort City co.
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a ala she district of James Frankfort City co., Va., the first permanent English afterward er. Pillot settlement within the limits of the United principal ac- ber fl ied and States; founded in 1607 on a peninsula she 32 miles from the mouth of James river. Lent Retur Pillot, the lish, It has now become an island by the acher first ark to th tion of the current, which has carried and at ital in away a portion of the site of the ancient Returning town. Only the ruins of the church, the Pa spea lish, tive stage fort, and of two or three houses mark to the the spot. Jamestown became the capital in merof an extensive colony, and in 1619 a gov spearean house of burgesses, the first legislative stage assembly ever convened in British America, met here. After the seat of gov- JANE ernment was removed to Williamsburg naval began to decline; it was by Nathaniel Bacon during the of 1676, and never rebuilt. It con during the scene of an engagement between never rebuilt. It forces of Wayne and those of Lord gagement between Cornwallis in 1781. and those of Lord JAMESTOWN TERCENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, held at Hampton Roads, TERGENTENNIAL 1907 to celebrate the three - hunat Hampton Roads, anniversary of the founding of brate the three-hunfirst permanent English colony in of the founding of . The principal buildings were English colony in about the center of the exposicipal buildings were square named Raleigh Court. All center of the exposid Raleigh Court. All original colonies which had deinto States in the Union were onies which had deby buildings, usually erected in the Union were represent some famous colonial struclings, usually erected that State. The Pennsylvania amous colonial strucwas a replica of Independence The Pennsylvania that of Massachusetts, the old of Independence House in Boston. There were in husetts, the old 2,500 exhibits showing the state n. There were in principal arts and manufactures. showing the state gold, silver and bronze medals and manufactures. awarded as prizes. Although over and bronze medals and a half paid admission to Although over exposition, the financial results were paid admission to deficit of two millions remaining financial results were wo millions remaining JÄMTLAND
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. It was colonized May 13, 1607, by a party which included Gosnold and John Smith. The location chosen was a peninsula on the river James, about thirty-two miles above its mouth. The town passed through the vicissitudes of famine, fire, and Indian massacre, but was never abandoned wholly. During early colonial days Jamestown was not only the capital of Virginia, but a center of fashion and gaiety. In 1698 the capital was removed to Williamsburg. The site of Jamestown was not happily chosen. It was low and malarious. The neck of the peninsula, always under water in time of flood, has been washed wholly away, converting the old site into an island. The water frontage has been undermined by the current. The spot where the old historic cabins stood has gone down stream, but the ivy-mantled tower of an old brick church and several tombstones still stand. With assistance from the general government, an association for the preservation of Virginian antiquities has purchased the spot and has built a retaining wall to prevent the further encroachment of the waves. See Virginia
Jamestown a city in Chautauqua called part of co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city in Chautauqua called part of co., N. Y., at the outlet of Chautauqua Sweden There a Lake, and on the Erie, the Jamestown, It is iakes. Chautauqua and Lake Erie, and several - miles. other railroads, 69 mile S.' W. of Bufpart There falo. It is the trade center for Chau- lakes. JAMU tauqua county, and the distributing e of Nort point for Chautauqua Lake resorts; conlower nected by trolley with Falconer and that wh Lakewood; is largely concerned in the of 3. Ganges agricultural industry; and has manulower JAN factures of cloth, boots and shoes, furthat CABOA niture, axes, and other edge tools, pianos, Ganges. Polish iron fabrics, and brooms. The city contains the Jamestown High School, a Na- CESCA Colo tional and other banks; has daily, weekly, Polish en Frank and monthly periodicals. Pop. ( 1910) July 20 31,297; (1920) 38,917. ced primei Cologne
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Aiton's told readers in 1910 that "the spot where the old historic cabins stood has gone down stream" — that the James River had swallowed the 1607 fort. That was disproved in 1994, when archaeologist William Kelso, digging for what is now the Jamestown Rediscovery project, found the buried postholes of the original triangular James Fort still on land beside the church tower; excavation since has recovered well over a million artifacts, including 2012 evidence of survival cannibalism during the winter of 1609-10. The site, run jointly by Preservation Virginia (the successor to the antiquities association Aiton's mentions) and the National Park Service, marked its 400th anniversary in 2007, a centenary after the exposition Collier's describes. The other Jamestown, the New York manufacturing city Collier's records at 38,917 people in 1920, peaked soon after and has shrunk to roughly 28,000; its furniture trade largely gone, it now trades on being Lucille Ball's birthplace and home of the National Comedy Center, opened 2018.
Written for this edition, 2026.