Sunset on the James River near Jamestown Settlement (Photo: Connie Lapallo)

Dick Cheatham as John Rolfe at Historic Jamestowne

American chestnuts which survived the blight at Sugar Loaf Mountain in Maryland. Smith placed Sugar Loaf on his map and presented a strong clue for the location of the Potomac River marker.

View from a ship’s porthole at Jamestown Settlement

The marker on the Nanticoke River in Delaware, “Kuskarawaok”

17th century interpreters at Henricus Historical Park

Archers Hope near Jamestown

Special Thanks

The Captain John Smith Trail Cross Marker project could not have succeeded without the help of so many groups and individuals along the way:

  • Patrick Noonan, The Conservation Fund

  • Nancy Merrill, The Conservation Fund

  • Wayne Clark, archaeologist, Maryland Historic Trust

  • John Hamilton Haynes, Jr., archaeologist, US Marine Corps Base Quantico

  • Charlie Stek, Friends of the Water Trail

  • Jeff Allenby, Friends of the Water Trail

  • Tim Barrett, Friends of the Water Trail

  • H. Turney McKnight, Friends of the Water Trail

  • Lisa Ritter, National Geographic Society

  • Joel Dunn, Chesapeake Conservancy

  • Lyle Browning, historian

  • Tere Pistole, historian

  • Meade Anderson, landowner

  • Chuck McGhee, farmer

  • John Bull, waterman, farmer

  • George & Virginia Savage, historians

  • Dr. Michael Scott, Salisbury University

  • David Burden, SouthEast Expeditions

  • Jody Couser, Chesapeake Conservancy

  • Claire Greeson, Everlasting Granite Memorials

  • Tony Grappone, A. P. Grappone & Sons

  • Todd Sims, Empire Marble & Granite

  • Nathan Burrell, James River Parks

  • Garrie Rouse, Zoar State Forest

  • Gary Heiser, Virginia Department of Forestry

  • Joseph Barlow, Jamestowne Society Governor

  • Lewis Lawrence, Dragon Run Conservation Area

  • Thomas Hazelwood, waterman

  • Mark Lambert, Nansemond River Golf Club

  • Erik Nelson, City of Fredericksburg, VA

  • Hal Wiggins, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Beate Ankjær-Jensen, Gari Melchers Home and Studio

  • Craig Skalak, City of Colonial Heights VA

  • Ben Uzell, Colonial Heights Historical Society

  • Mayor Greg Kochuba, City of Colonial Heights Virginia

  • David & Cheryl Hoover, “Meadowbridge” farm

  • Charles Narvel, landowner

  • Stacey Weiser and Daniel Hall, Delmarva Discovery Center

  • C. B. & Brenda Faison, “Crosse Creeke” farm

  • Jonathan Husband, New Castle County, DE

  • Mayor Chris Cerino, Chestertown, MD

  • Marty Holden, Kent County, MD

  • Brian Garrett, Delmarva Discovery Center

  • Michael Barber, Virginia Department of Historic Resources

  • Dr. Darrin Lowery, geologist/archaeologist

  • John Vogelpohl, Patapsco Valley State Park

  • Jeff Mouton & crew, Patapsco Valley State Park

  • Andrew Hangen, Rocks, Susquehanna & Palmer State Park

  • Del. Mary Ann Lisanti, Harford County MD

  • Irwin Berent, historian, geographer and author

  • Peggy Haile McPhillips, historian and author

  • Ben Kane, City of Norfolk, VA

  • Robert Kuczinski, Constellation Power

  • Kriste Garman, Anita C. Leight Estuary Center

  • Barnes & Bertha Townsend, “Riverside” farm

  • Robert Gano, Nanticoke Wildlife Refuge

  • Bill Clemons, landowner

  • John & Anthony Gundry, farmers

  • Dr. Brent Zaprowski, Salisbury University

  • Roger Kirby, Claremont Manor

  • Maryanna Skowronski and Henry Peden, the Historical Society of Harford County, MD

  • Jim McGowan, Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve

  • Catherine Roberts, US Marine Corps Base Quantico

  • Frank Duncan, US Marine Corps Base Quantico

  • Brad Watkin, US Marine Corps Base Quantico

  • Rick & Jerrilyn MacGregor, historians

  • Chris Jones, office of Rep. Rob Wittman

  • Rep. Rob Wittman, First District, VA

  • Colonel William C. Bentley III, US Marine Corps Base Quantico

  • Dr. Stephen R. Potter, National Park Service archaeologist

  • Joseph McCauley, Chesapeake Conservancy 

  • Anne Jackson, Henricopolis DAR

  • Carol Beam, Montpelier Arts Center and Commonwealth DAR

  • Richard Cheatham, Living History Associates

  • Mark Greenough, Virginia State Capitol

View upward from the ship at Jamestown Settlement.

(All photos: Connie Lapallo)