The Colonial Parkway is a living timeline to the critical beginnings of our nation. Connecting a historic triangle of cities, the parkway winds along the James River overlooking Jamestown Island, where the first permanent English colony was established; through Williamsburg, the Colonial seat of government for the new country; and arrives in Yorktown, where the fledgling nation won independence from the British at the end of the Revolutionary War. The vision of the early directors of the U.S. National Park Service became the foundation for getting the approval to construct a road that would al... Read More
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The Colonial Parkway is a living timeline to the critical beginnings of our nation. Connecting a historic triangle of cities, the parkway winds along the James River overlooking Jamestown Island, where the first permanent English colony was established; through Williamsburg, the Colonial seat of government for the new country; and arrives in Yorktown, where the fledgling nation won independence from the British at the end of the Revolutionary War. The vision of the early directors of the U.S. National Park Service became the foundation for getting the approval to construct a road that would al... Read More
The Colonial Parkway is a living timeline to the critical beginnings of our nation. Connecting a historic triangle of cities, the parkway winds along the James River overlooking Jamestown Island, where the first permanent English colony was established; through Williamsburg, the Colonial seat of government for the new country; and arrives in Yorktown, where the fledgling nation won independence from the British at the end of the Revolutionary War. The vision of the early directors of the U.S. National Park Service became the foundation for getting the approval to construct a road that would allow visitors to move from one historic place to the next without the disruptions of the modern world. Construction began in the early 1930s, and the final phase was finished in 1957 for the 350th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. While the parkway is a marvel in engineering, the area it covers also serves as a recreational locale for biking, fishing, and hiking.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 30th August 2010
State: Virginia
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738585758
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Reviews
Title: Our Parkway Author: The Virginia Gazette Publisher: The Virginia Gazette Date: 8/18/2010
Gazette columnist Jim Baker once referred to the Colonial Parkway as "America's skinniest National Park."
Born out of the Restoration and the Depression, it has been the subject of many articles. Now comes a concise picture book in the Arcadia series, "Images of America."
Frances Watson Clark of Williamsburg has culled and assembled a detailed chronology of the parkway as it extends 23 miles between Yorktown and Jamestown.
Clark considers it "truly an architectural marvel "" a sort of paved timeline through America's Colonial period, linking three distinct and historically important communities with a route unmarred by modern roadside development and billboards."
She begins by crediting the famous Horace Albright as one of two key National Park Service directors who launched the idea at the suggestion of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and others. Albright was featured in Ken Burns" PBS series on the Park Service.
One beauty of the parkway is that it follows the York River on one side and the James River on the other. That was easier said than done, since the Navy had to give up land, and executives with Colonial Williamsburg were not wild about cutting through the newly restored Historic Area. At least one alternative route would have gone around town through Rockefeller Woods.
The tunnel was done by 1942. "The advent of World War II, however, meant a diversion of funds and manpower to the war effort," Clark writes. So the tunnel didn't open until 1949, and the Jamestown leg was completed for Queen Elizabeth's first visit in 1957.
Author Bio
Frances Watson Clark first came to Key West as a tourist with her family in the early 1960s. Over the years, she returned with friends and then with her children to enjoy the balmy weather, interesting people, and historic places. In 2009, she became a part-time resident after purchasing a historic home in "Old Town." With the Modern Images of America series, Frances is continuing the story of Key West from the 1960s to the present. Reaching out to people in the community, she has brought together a variety of pictures and stories that bring the island to life.
The Colonial Parkway is a living timeline to the critical beginnings of our nation. Connecting a historic triangle of cities, the parkway winds along the James River overlooking Jamestown Island, where the first permanent English colony was established; through Williamsburg, the Colonial seat of government for the new country; and arrives in Yorktown, where the fledgling nation won independence from the British at the end of the Revolutionary War. The vision of the early directors of the U.S. National Park Service became the foundation for getting the approval to construct a road that would allow visitors to move from one historic place to the next without the disruptions of the modern world. Construction began in the early 1930s, and the final phase was finished in 1957 for the 350th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. While the parkway is a marvel in engineering, the area it covers also serves as a recreational locale for biking, fishing, and hiking.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 30th August 2010
State: Virginia
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738585758
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Title: Our Parkway Author: The Virginia Gazette Publisher: The Virginia Gazette Date: 8/18/2010
Gazette columnist Jim Baker once referred to the Colonial Parkway as "America's skinniest National Park."
Born out of the Restoration and the Depression, it has been the subject of many articles. Now comes a concise picture book in the Arcadia series, "Images of America."
Frances Watson Clark of Williamsburg has culled and assembled a detailed chronology of the parkway as it extends 23 miles between Yorktown and Jamestown.
Clark considers it "truly an architectural marvel "" a sort of paved timeline through America's Colonial period, linking three distinct and historically important communities with a route unmarred by modern roadside development and billboards."
She begins by crediting the famous Horace Albright as one of two key National Park Service directors who launched the idea at the suggestion of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and others. Albright was featured in Ken Burns" PBS series on the Park Service.
One beauty of the parkway is that it follows the York River on one side and the James River on the other. That was easier said than done, since the Navy had to give up land, and executives with Colonial Williamsburg were not wild about cutting through the newly restored Historic Area. At least one alternative route would have gone around town through Rockefeller Woods.
The tunnel was done by 1942. "The advent of World War II, however, meant a diversion of funds and manpower to the war effort," Clark writes. So the tunnel didn't open until 1949, and the Jamestown leg was completed for Queen Elizabeth's first visit in 1957.
Frances Watson Clark first came to Key West as a tourist with her family in the early 1960s. Over the years, she returned with friends and then with her children to enjoy the balmy weather, interesting people, and historic places. In 2009, she became a part-time resident after purchasing a historic home in "Old Town." With the Modern Images of America series, Frances is continuing the story of Key West from the 1960s to the present. Reaching out to people in the community, she has brought together a variety of pictures and stories that bring the island to life.
