I think Jamestown is still a mystery

[lost-in-nj]

but a little more of it's history was revealed.
Has anyone been here?
Is it amazing or is it tourist trap?

thanks

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14646479/?GT1=8506

lost

[Redstone]

1. Croatoan.

Redstone

[lynne]

6. Referring to the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, NC -

- by the word "Croatoan"? The Lost Colony in NC was an earlier settlement that disappeared, thought merged with and/or taken by the Croatoan natives.

Jamestown in VA was the first permanent and successful settlement of English colonist in America.

[Redstone]

7. I know that.

Redstone

[a la izquierda]

2. depends on who you ask i guess.

i've never been there-i'm a historian, but at this point, it's pretty much the last place i want to go on vacation for obvious reasons.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Alan Alda's Scientific American Frontiers

did a good show on it and revealed some answers (extreme droughts played major role in Tragedy), but, like Redstone said, "Croatoan".

[lynne]

4. Been there numerous times over the past 30+ years -

- and it's a wonderful place. Very well done with recent (last 5 years or so) excavations which have revealed that the Jamestown fort was not washed away by the James river as I was taught in elementary school. Part of the "Colonial Triangle" of Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown, it is well worth the time and expense to make a trip there - especially if you have children that are studying Colonial American history. Next year marks Jamestown's 400th anniversary and there will be many special events to catch.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. I don't think it is a mystery, just a stopover on the way to Bismarck

;)



I guess it could be a tourist trap along I-94 in North Dakota. ;) You have to see the giant buffalo in town.