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According to its citizens, Hampton, Virginia, is the oldest continuously inhabited English-speaking city on the continent. It replaced Kecoughtan, an important Native American settlement. The English established a thriving tobacco port, a planned town centered on the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The British bombarded the town during the Revolutionary War and pillaged it during the War of 1812. Because of the continued Union occupation of Fort Monroe, Confederate troops burnt the town in 1861 during the Civil War. Rebuilding after 1865 was stimulated by the astonishing national success of the local crab and oyster industries. Early images portray Hamptonians on dusty streets with horse-drawn wagons and merchants in front of often ramshackle storefronts. Later photographs show imposing banks and a huge oyster pile dominating “Crabtown” as the first automobiles, electricity, and trolley cars appeared. Hampton’s modern heyday of a working waterfront and busy streets, as shown on the cover, springs to life in these images.
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J. Michael Cobb is the curator of the Hampton History Museum; Wythe Holt is a fifth-generation Hamptonian and a retired professor of law and history at the University of Alabama. Most of these images are hidden treasures from the Hampton History Museum’s collection.
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Title: A 'small book' with a 'big impact' on locals
Author: Matthew Sturdevant
Publisher: Daily Press
Date: 4/14/09
"Hampton" a photographic history book by co-authors Wythe Holt and Hampton History Museum Curator Mike Cobb has gone into a second printing and is still selling well. The book, one in the Images of America series, has sold more than 2,000 copies and "has really brought back memories of Old Hampton to people," Cobb said.
"I find in talking to people, their faces light up, and they just launch into stories that this book has evoked ― places, people that are gone," Cobb said. "Small book, but it's had a big impact."
Many of the images have not been previously published, for example, one photograph shows a horse-drawn wagon-load of young men and women in straw hats heading to the Buckroe Beach in 1895.
Proceeds of book sales benefit the Hampton History Museum. The book, selling at $20, is available in the museum gift shop. For more information call the gift shop at 727-6824.
Author: Matthew Sturdevant
Publisher: Daily Press
Date: 4/14/09
"Hampton" a photographic history book by co-authors Wythe Holt and Hampton History Museum Curator Mike Cobb has gone into a second printing and is still selling well. The book, one in the Images of America series, has sold more than 2,000 copies and "has really brought back memories of Old Hampton to people," Cobb said.
"I find in talking to people, their faces light up, and they just launch into stories that this book has evoked ― places, people that are gone," Cobb said. "Small book, but it's had a big impact."
Many of the images have not been previously published, for example, one photograph shows a horse-drawn wagon-load of young men and women in straw hats heading to the Buckroe Beach in 1895.
Proceeds of book sales benefit the Hampton History Museum. The book, selling at $20, is available in the museum gift shop. For more information call the gift shop at 727-6824.
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- PublisherArcadia Publishing
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0738553816
- ISBN 13 9780738553818
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. According to its citizens, Hampton, Virginia, is the oldest continuously inhabited English-speaking city on the continent. It replaced Kecoughtan, an important Native American settlement. The English established a thriving tobacco port, a planned town centered on the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The British bombarded the town during the Revolutionary War and pillaged it during the War of 1812. Because of the continued Union occupation of Fort Monroe, Confederate troops burnt the town in 1861 during the Civil War. Rebuilding after 1865 was stimulated by the astonishing national success of the local crab and oyster industries. Early images portray Hamptonians on dusty streets with horse-drawn wagons and merchants in front of often ramshackle storefronts. Later photographs show imposing banks and a huge oyster pile dominating Crabtown as the first automobiles, electricity, and trolley cars appeared. Hampton s modern heyday of a working waterfront and busy streets, as shown on the cover, springs to life in these images." According to its citizens, Hampton, Virginia, is the oldest continuously inhabited English-speaking city on the continent. It replaced Kecoughtan, an important Native American settlement. The English established a thriving tobacco port, a planned town centered on the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The British bombarded the town during the Revolutionary War and pillaged it during the War of 1812. Because of the continued Union occupation of Fort Monroe, Confederate troops burnt the town in 1861 during the Civil War. Rebuilding after 1865 was stimulated by the astonishing national success of the local crab and oyster industries. Early images portray Hamptonians on dusty streets with horse-drawn wagons and merchants in front of often ramshackle storefronts. Later photographs show imposing banks and a huge oyster pile dominating "Crabtown" as the first automobiles, electricity, and trolley cars appeared. Hampton's modern heyday of a working waterfront and busy streets, as shown on the cover, springs to life in these images. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780738553818
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. According to its citizens, Hampton, Virginia, is the oldest continuously inhabited English-speaking city on the continent. It replaced Kecoughtan, an important Native American settlement. The English established a thriving tobacco port, a planned town centered on the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The British bombarded the town during the Revolutionary War and pillaged it during the War of 1812. Because of the continued Union occupation of Fort Monroe, Confederate troops burnt the town in 1861 during the Civil War. Rebuilding after 1865 was stimulated by the astonishing national success of the local crab and oyster industries. Early images portray Hamptonians on dusty streets with horse-drawn wagons and merchants in front of often ramshackle storefronts. Later photographs show imposing banks and a huge oyster pile dominating Crabtown as the first automobiles, electricity, and trolley cars appeared. Hampton s modern heyday of a working waterfront and busy streets, as shown on the cover, springs to life in these images." According to its citizens, Hampton, Virginia, is the oldest continuously inhabited English-speaking city on the continent. It replaced Kecoughtan, an important Native American settlement. The English established a thriving tobacco port, a planned town centered on the intersection of King and Queen Streets. The British bombarded the town during the Revolutionary War and pillaged it during the War of 1812. Because of the continued Union occupation of Fort Monroe, Confederate troops burnt the town in 1861 during the Civil War. Rebuilding after 1865 was stimulated by the astonishing national success of the local crab and oyster industries. Early images portray Hamptonians on dusty streets with horse-drawn wagons and merchants in front of often ramshackle storefronts. Later photographs show imposing banks and a huge oyster pile dominating "Crabtown" as the first automobiles, electricity, and trolley cars appeared. Hampton's modern heyday of a working waterfront and busy streets, as shown on the cover, springs to life in these images. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780738553818
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