Living on a river, and in a tidewater area of innumerable creeks, bays,
and rivers, practically all of the colonists were familiar with
handling boats of one type or another.
However, only a few objects relating to boats and ships have been
unearthed at Jamestown: small anchors, chains, oar locks, ship bolts and
spikes, and tools used by shipwrights and ships' carpenters.
[Illustration: SOME BITS AND BRIDLE ORNAMENTS IN THE JAMESTOWN
COLLECTION. THE ARTISTIC DESIGNS ON MANY BRIDLE BOSSES ARE SYMBOLIC OF
BEAUTIFUL HANDIWORK PERFORMED BY CRAFTSMEN OF A BYGONE DAY.]
HORSES, WAGONS, AND CARRIAGES
The first English-built road in America (in use by 1608) ran 1 mile from
Jamestown Island to Glasshouse Point. Later, as the colony grew, the
road was extended to Governor Berkeley's plantation, about 4 miles from
Jamestown, and other nearby settlements. There is some evidence that it
was known as the "Old Road" or "Greate Road."
[Illustration: SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SPUR AND STIRRUP EXCAVATED AT
JAMESTOWN.]
[Illustration: THIS BRANDING IRON WAS USED BY ONE OF THE COLONISTS
DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SETTLEMENT.]
As early as 1609 "six mares and two horses" were brought to Jamestown.
In 1611, 17 horses and mares arrived, and in 1614, Capt.
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