– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Roanoke City Market Building The Roanoke City Market is the oldest continuously operating open-air market in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It began in 1882, when licenses were issued to 25 area vendors. The market area has a wide selection of locally grown plants, fresh fruits, and vegetables. The market area’s...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – The View from Fort James, St. John’s Harbour, Antigua In the last post we learned the history of Fort James which is one of the two forts guarding the entrance to St. John’s Harbour, Antigua. Located in the white building at the end of the point on which the fort sits, which I believe was the Captain of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Fort James, St. John’s Harbour, Antigua After visiting a civil war era fort just outside Savannah, Georgia in the last post we move south into the Caribbean and back in history a hundred years or so to a fort built in the first decade of the 18th century. Fort James is one of the two forts which guard the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Old Fort Jackson Fort James Jackson (usually shortened to Fort Jackson or Old Fort Jackson) is a restored 19th century fort located one mile east of Savannah on the Savannah River. The fort is the oldest standing in Georgia. Used extensively during the War of 1812 and the Civil War, it was the home port for the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Horse Head Hitching Post Whenever visiting a new city I love to just wander the streets looking for interesting details, such as this horse head shaped hitching post. This one, though, was not found whilst actually walking the streets. We had been touring the historic district of Savannah all day capturing the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – John Blair Kitchen The John Blair House and Kitchen (these images are of the kitchen building) are on the North side of Duke of Gloucester Street, the main thoroughfare of Colonial Williamsburg. The house, kitchen and wonderfully colorful garden were originally the home to a prominent family of Virginians. The...
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