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    1. [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: Archaelogical Survey:
    2. G. Lee, Thanks for your reply. I also emailed, Mike Cobb, the webmaster for the Ambrose Cobbs website, and he had received a copy of the information, but it wasn't handy. He did summarize it thusly: Pulling from memory, the survery was a map of what was found on the property before park construction began. The outline was a plat of the original property boundaries. Apparently metal detectors were used to determine if there was anything underground that deserved excavation. If memory serves, the foundations of several old structures was marked, as well as the wharf that was built on the river to facilitate transportation. Bearing in mind, back in those times, I would have paddled the fifty miles to Jamestown in a rowboat, before I risked travel overland." This seems to agree with what you said. I'm still going to get a copy when I ever get to LVA again. He also said they blew up the Rocks from which the Point of Rocks got its name (a marker in Abraham Wood's patent) in the 1900s because they were deemed a hazard to traffic on the River. Thanks again, Janet (BTW I used one of your old mill pictures for wallpaper...Of course, it's already been replaced by a Dave Matthews picture!)

    06/25/2001 03:05:28