History of Virginia

See Theories of the first settlement of America.

Prehistory

The site of Hill Cactus, located at approximately 70 km of Richmond, in Virginia, is one of some sites which contain testimonys of a pre-Clovis population in North America. This site is in a sand dune close to the Nottoway river and contains a laminated series of cultural levels spreading out 20.000 years until the period corresponding to the Clovis Site.

See also information on the site of Cactus Hill.

history

John Smith off Jamestown
Virginia Company

External bonds

Virginia Historical Society shorts history off state, with teacher guide
WPA project: Indians in Virginia
WPA Project: History off Virginia
Virginia and the Civil War
Civil War timeline

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