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This 1639 church tower was one of the few remnants of the Jamestown Settlement visible in the 1890s, when the picture was taken
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Jamestown Was Established
May 14, 1607
The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and begin a settlement. One hundred twenty people made the voyage across the Atlantic. They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America. Though determined, these settlers didn't know what severe challenges they would face.
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