. Virginia in black and white . g in America. The statue of the great Southern leader is unquestionablythe finest equestrian statue in the country. There are also statues of Wick-ham and J. E. B. Stuart, and the Soldiers and Sailors monument standson Libby Hill. A statue of Gen. John R. Cooke will shortly be erected. 56 Richmond has an active, energetic population, is growing rapidly, and,while a typical Southern city, is fully abreast of the times. Williamsburg.— Between Richmond and Newport News are many placesof interest, but none more full of historic associations than
. Virginia in black and white . g in America. The statue of the great Southern leader is unquestionablythe finest equestrian statue in the country. There are also statues of Wick-ham and J. E. B. Stuart, and the Soldiers and Sailors monument standson Libby Hill. A statue of Gen. John R. Cooke will shortly be erected. 56 Richmond has an active, energetic population, is growing rapidly, and,while a typical Southern city, is fully abreast of the times. Williamsburg.— Between Richmond and Newport News are many placesof interest, but none more full of historic associations than the close of the seventeenth century Governor Nicholson removedthe seat of Government from Jamestown, the scene of so many struggles,to Middle-Plantation, or Williamsburg. Commissary Blair obtained fromWilliam and Mary the charter for the second university in America — Wil-liam and Mary College — which had such important influence upon the his-tory of the State. Sir Christopher Wren drew the plans for the first GLADYS INN, CLiFTON FORGE, VA- The old church still stands to which the good king and queen, William andMary, presented its first communion service, and it is still in use. Newport News.— This is the sea-port city of the Chesapeake &Ohio Rail-way, and it is admirably situated upon a plateau at the head of HamptonRoads, the most accessible and the safest harbor of the Atlantic Coast, into 57 which vessels of the largest tonnage may enter without the aid of pilotboats, find perfect safety in times of storm, and land directly at the Chesa-peake & Ohio piers. The port is on the course of vessels plying betweenNew York and the Gulf of Mexico and South America. It is an important
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