It has been said that if Williamsburg is the physical re creation
of Colonial Virginia, then Gloucester is its spirit. When the age
of photography dawned, it captured glimpses of this character in
pictures both merry and melancholy, of old homes and newcomers, of
stubbornly provincial clans yet generous and hospitable people.
Soon after landing at Jamestown, land-hungry 17th-century settlers
discovered Gloucester's fertile soils and abundant waters. Within a
century, wealthy families and a vibrant port brought fame to the
young county--preferred by Colonials as it had been by the
indigenous people of the principal Powhatan chiefdom they replaced.
Gloucester's Colonial and antebellum prosperity declined, though,
as the American Revolution and Civil War sapped resources and left
society changed. Photographs from the next hundred years until the
modern age reveal the genteel, proud, and rural spirit that
prevailed.
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