Though Jamestown and the Virginia Colony that grew from it had found financial success, it faced a difficult future. The road ahead would not be easy for the colonists or those they exploited.

An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's ...

The Virginia Company of London was desperate to populate its struggling colony in America. Twelve years earlier, in 1607, three ships carrying about 100 English colonists -- most of them men ...

By Bill Lapadat This year America celebrates the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the first permanent European settlement in America. It is truly a story of human qualities like cooperation, ...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through Virginia. Visit 21 remarkable landmarks that showcase the region's heritage and ...

in what is now Virginia. Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, heard from the Indians that men wearing European clothes were living on the Carolina mainland west of Roanoke and ...

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, is perhaps the United States’ most consistently prolific archaeological site. This year researchers have analyzed four ...

By Paul Cross, Spiritual Reflections In nine days, this country will observe the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va. While not as celebrated as Columbus’ discovery of the New ...

Jamestown Settlement’s popular Director’s Series ... author and founder of the Slave Dwelling Project; and Aimee R. Guidera, Virginia secretary of education. Chávez, a former executive ...

the recruitment of significant numbers of English women, the first official English Thanksgiving in North America, and the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of the Virginia Colony.