The Mariners' Museum - Naval history in Newport News VA
When you travel to the Virginia Coast, you enter and area that is filled with naval history. Portsmouth is home to the largest naval base on the east coast. However, this history goes back a long way in the history of the United States. That history is captured at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News VA . Cape Charles Lighthouse Lens The city of Newport News sits on the north shore of the James River, on the Virginia Peninsula, which separates the river from the Chesapeake Bay. Its history dates back to the forming of the Jamestown Colony in the early 1600’s. Newport News became a thriving town when the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway decided to build their terminal there, making it the place where coal from West Virginia would be transferred to ships. USS Lancaster Eagle The Mariner’s Museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington , whose father founded the city. He, and his wife Anna Huntington, bought eight-hundred acres along the shore of the James River. ...