Building the Community Through the Past - Maps - Points of Interest

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The Cape Charles-Little Creek (Norfolk) Ferry offers a new fast route for travel between New England, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula and Norfolk, Virginia, Charleston, Savannah, Florida and intermediate points.

This route saves many miles of driving and offers a delighful and restful trip across the salt waters of Chesapeake Bay.

The route over U. S. 13 on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula affords one of the most delightful drives in all the East. It avoids large cities with their traffic congestion and consequent delays.

Real automobile transport ships are used in this service-- not the ordinary type of ferry boat. Comfortable and spacious lounges are provided which add to the pleasure of the trip. Dining rooms serve a suitable variety of food at moderate prices. The new SS POCAHONTAS, added to the fleet this year, is the last word in design and construction. every thought has been given for the comfort and entertainment of passengers. The ship has a beautiful lounge with large, comfortably upholstered chairs, a grand lounge and dance floor, and a ladies' lounge to incide the admiration of the most fastidious. Meals are served in the general lunch room and attractive deck dining room. Thus, the passenger on this trip will enjoy a very pleasant journey, which will be altogether too short and will lure him back again and again, when opportunity offers. The addition of the SS POCAHONTAS insures more frequent service between Cape Charles and Norfolk-- a boat every 90 minutes.

Note: Gasoline is not drained from cars for this trip.

For schedules and road information write VIRGINIA FERRY CORPORATION, P.O. Box 120, Norfolk, Va., or see your auto club or service station.

Passengers can make radio-telephone calls to all parts of the United States on our Steamers Del-Mar-Va, Princess Anne and Pocahontas.

POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE NORFOLK AREA

BENN'S CHURCH-- 21 miles	St. Luke's Church, built in 1632, is still in use.
CAPE CHARLES-- 10 miles	"Arlington," about five miles southeast, dates from 1610 and was the original home of the Custis family. Seven miles south of Cape Charles on Kiptopeake Highway, Parke Custis was buried standing up, facing east.
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C.-- 136 miles	Known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" because of the number of wrecks that haven taken place along this wild and picturesque stretch of coast.
CAPE HENRY-- 19 miles	Where Captain Christopher Newport made the first permanent landing of English colonists in America, April 26, 1607. Oldest lighthouse in America, built 1792, is still standing. The Government has rebuilt Fort Story and maintains a weather bureau and Coast Guard station.
FORT RALEIGH, N.C.-- 96 miles	The old fort has been reconstructed as nearly as possible as it is believed to have appeared in 1587, two years after Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to found the first English colony on American soil. The fate of the second group of settlers, known as the "Lost Colony" is one of the mysteries of history.
HAMPTON-- 15 miles	Dates from 1610 and is the oldest English settlement in existence in the United States. St. John's Episcopal Church, built in 1728, is in the oldest parish in the country and its communion plates are the oldest in continuous use.
JAMESTOWN-- 41 miles	Here, in May, 1607, the first permanent settlement of America by the English was made. The walls of the old church are still standing.
KILL DEVIL HILL, N.C.-- 78 miles	A monument marks the place where Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane December 17, 1908.
NEWPORT NEWS-- 8 miles	A shipping point of the first rand and an important industrial center. It has the largest privately owned shipyard in the world. Of outstanding interest is the Mariners' Museum, eight miles north, with a wealth of maritime material.
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH	Separated by the Elizabeth River, together form one of the most important Naval Stations in the country on the finest harbor in America--Hampton Roads. The Naval Base is open to the public. The famous battle of the Monitor and Merrimac took place in Hampton Roads directly opposite Norfolk [spelled "Norfork" in original document]. At Portsmouth is the site of the oldest and and one of the most important Navy Yards in the United States. Old St. Paul's Church (1739) still has in its wall the cannon ball fired by Lord Dunmore in 1776. This was the only building left standing in Norfolk after the fire and bombardment of the Revolution.
OCEAN VIEW-- 8 miles	A suburb of Norfolk, located on Chesapeake Bay, noted for its bathing facilities and excellent deep sea fishing. Plenty of good hotels and cottages.
OLD POINT COMFORT-- 12 miles	Site of Fort Monroe, historic guardian to the entrance of Hampton Roads.
PETERSBURG-- 77 miles	Around this old Virginia city raged many of the fiercest battles between the armies of Grant and Lee. Numerous battle monuments commemorate the various engagements.
RICHMOND-- 87 miles	The Capital of Virginia, and the former Capital of the Confederacy. Richmond has one of the oldest Capitol buildings in America, designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1792. In it is Houdon's famous statue of George Washington. The city has numerous points of interest for the visitor.
ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C.-- 90 miles	A monument has been erected on the birthplace of the first whild child born in America of English parents, Virginia Dare, born August 15, 1587.
SMITHFIELD-- 25 miles	Best known because of its world wide reputation for Smithfield hams.
VIRGINIA BEACH-- 19 miles	One of the finest beach resorts on the Atlantic Coast, noted for its excellent sand beach, splendid hotels and cottages, with accommodations and rates to satisfy everyone. All outdoor sports are provided. Fishing in the ocean, Chesapeake Bay and inland waters, while the thick pine forest yield an abundance of quail, wild duck and small game for the hunter.
WILLIAMSBURG-- 36 miles	Early Capital of Virginia, now being restored to its pre-Revolutionary setting by the Rockefeller Foundation. Seat of William and Mary College, the oldest college building in America, dating from 1693.
YORKTOWN-- 29 miles	Here Cornwallis commander of the British armies, surrendered on October 19, 1781.