Near Museum Drive, 0.3 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The basic design of the Admiralty Pattern anchor has remained relatively unchanged for centuries. It consists of a central shank with a ring or shackle for attaching a chain or rope, and two arms with large flat blades or flukes. A wooden or metal . . . — — Map (db m167516) HM
On Museum Drive at Museum parkway, on the left when traveling west on Museum Drive.
The 'Patriot', 60-ton Virginia Navy armed schooner commanded by Lieut. James Watkins, was charged with the defense of Warwick Co. inhabitants then harassed by British plundering expeditions. In April 1781, in the James River offshore, the 'Patriot" . . . — — Map (db m33989) HM
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
For 53 years they defined the meaning of community involvement in the City of Newport News. Both George and Estell were pivotal in the growth and development of the community.
George was Chairman of Riverside Hospital Board of Trustees, chairman . . . — — Map (db m77587) HM
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Cedar Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Close by, on July 5, 1861, 29-year-old Lt. Col. Charles D. Dreux became the first field grade (major or above) Confederate officer killed in action. A New Orleans aristocrat, Dreux organized a company that included the city's most eligible . . . — — Map (db m203537) HM
On Harpersville Road at Gatewood Road, on the left when traveling east on Harpersville Road.
A station named for Col. J. S. Morrison, Construction Engineer of the Peninsula Division, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, was built in the Warwick County Hamlet of Gum Grove on completion of the line between Richmond and Newport News on Oct. 16, 1881. . . . — — Map (db m77586) HM
On Museum Drive, 0.3 miles east of East Boundary Road, on the right when traveling north.
Near here, two ambush attempts failed within a week of each other. The first, on July 5, 1861 resulted in the death of Confederate Lt. Col. Charles D. Dreux, 1st Louisiana Battalion, who had set an ill-considered ambush without orders. The second . . . — — Map (db m203558) WM
On Museum Drive, 0.3 miles west of Boundary Road, in the median.
Capt. Edward Waters gave his name to Waters Creek when patented land here in 1624. In the spring of 1781 a force of 30 mounted militia led by Capt. Edward Mallory repulsed a British foraging party loaded with plunder near the mouth of the creek. In . . . — — Map (db m33987) HM
On Museum Drive, 0.2 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This 24-pounder gun once guarded Fortress Cabana in Havana, Cuba, the biggest 18th century fortress complex in the Americas. Dated 1746, it bears the Spanish crown and coat of arms of Ferdinand VI, King of Spain. — — Map (db m167509) HM
On Museum Drive, 0.2 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
This 24-pounder gun once guarded Fortress Cabana in Havana, Cuba, the biggest 18th century fortress complex in the Americas. Dates 1721, it bears the Spanish crown and coat of arms of Philip V, King of Spain. — — Map (db m167512) HM
Near Museum Drive, 0.3 miles south of Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Launched on Jan. 30, 1862, at the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., the USS Monitor made history as the Union Navy's first ironclad warship. It fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia in the first-ever clash between . . . — — Map (db m178668) HM
Near Warwick Boulevard (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by . . . — — Map (db m13952) HM
