A hand book of Virginia . aluable pine and a fair supply of hardwoods, such as 150 oak, hickory and maple. Sawmills and grist mills, in sufficient numbers to meetthe demands, are distributed over the county; one barrel factory and one knittingmill. The climate is equable, the temperature being so equalized by surroundinglarge bodies of water that the extremes in summer and winter are avoided. Healthis unsurpassed, and water supplied from artesian and ordinary wells is very are numerous, representing the different Protestant schools are reasonably convenient t
A hand book of Virginia . aluable pine and a fair supply of hardwoods, such as 150 oak, hickory and maple. Sawmills and grist mills, in sufficient numbers to meetthe demands, are distributed over the county; one barrel factory and one knittingmill. The climate is equable, the temperature being so equalized by surroundinglarge bodies of water that the extremes in summer and winter are avoided. Healthis unsurpassed, and water supplied from artesian and ordinary wells is very are numerous, representing the different Protestant schools are reasonably convenient to all parts of the county. Telephoneservice is ample, both local and long-distance, and mail facilities are good. Prog-ress and advancement has been general and rapid. The financial condition isexcellent. There are four banks in the county. Population census of 1910, 3,624. Williamsburg, the county seat, is located on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,in the southern portion of the county, about midway between the York and. SOJA BEANS JAMES CITY COUNTY. the James rivers; and is the oldest incorporated city in the State, having beensettled in 1632. In 1698 the seat of government was moved from Jamestownto Williamsburg, and it continued the capital until 1779, when it was removedto Richmond. Williamsburg was once the center of the wealth, fashion and learning of theOld Dominion, the influence of which has left its impress, not only upon theinhabitants of the city and surrounding county, but upon the State at large, inthe men of State and national reputation that have gone out from its ancientseat of learning. William and Mary College, which is located here, and is the oldestcollegiate institute in the United States—with the exception of Harvard College—was founded in 1693, and dates from the time of Englands sovereigns, Williamand Mary, who contributed to its endowment, and for whom it was named. Thisinstitution has been three times destroyed by fire, the last time by the Fede
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