Sewing Activity
Sewing The English colonists 400 years ago of course didn’t have sewing machines, so every single article of clothing had […]
A History Mystery: The Civil War Burials at Henricus
During the Civil War, the commander of the Union Army of the James, General Benjamin Butler, ordered a military canal […]
Did You Know Facts – April
DID YOU KNOW…between the age of 10 and 15, Powhatan boys were expected to pass a trial into manhood called […]
A History Mystery: The Vanishing of Tobacco Planter, John Rolfe
John Rolfe of the Virginia Colony has a fascinating, controversial, and mysterious history from 1610 through 1622. He was born […]
A History Mystery: The Disappearance of Burgess Thomas Dowse
A History Mystery: The Disappearance of Burgess Thomas Dowse Thomas Dowse was the epitome of a self-made man in the […]
The Story of John and Alice Proctor
One of the more intriguing couples of the early 1620’s in the Henrico community was John Proctor and his wife, […]
African Americans in Early Virginia History
In honor of Black History Month, Henricus is sharing stories of African American soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary and […]
At a Given Signal
The 1622 Powhatan Military Offensive On the morning of March 22, 1622, many of the English colonists spread across the […]
The Common Wealth of Henryco
The Common Wealth of Henryco In later 1613, Sir Thomas Dale was finishing his construction of the “Henryco” and “Coxsonndale” […]
A Collision of Climate
A Collision of Climate in 17th Century Virginia Virginia has always been considered a place of weather extremes. In a […]