An Innovative Use of Resources
The vessel and wagon you see before you represent CSN Captain John Taylor Wood's use of available resources in an innovative way during the Civil War. Wood was one of the most illustrious military men to fight . . . — — Map (db m176040) HM
Explorer is a full scale replica of the boat Captain John Smith used to explore and map Chesapeake Bay 1607-1608. The boat was built by the Deltaville Maritime Museum as a community project to help Jamestown celebrate her 400th birthday in . . . — — Map (db m97222) HM
Early Compass Rose
The compass rose originated around 1200 AD. It evolved from the wind rose, a device that used a wind vane and card with a rose-like design to indicated wind direction. The compass was born when first a lodestone, then a . . . — — Map (db m97219) HM
The vessel and wagon you see before you are a representation of an idea by one of the most illustrious military men to fight in Middlesex County during the Civil War, John Taylor Wood. The grandson of Zachery Taylor and the nephew of Jefferson . . . — — Map (db m97218) HM
A Daunting Task Made Easier
Many Deltaville boats were built in backyards and barns away from the water. When the boat was finished, the builder was faced with the daunting task of launching it. Prior to the advent of travel lifts, boat . . . — — Map (db m176033) HM
An Epic Voyage
In the spring of 1608, Captain John Smith and 14 men set out in a shallop on an epic voyage to explore and map the Chesapeake Bay. For 140 days Smith and his men endured Indian attacks, heat, disease, thirst and starvation, . . . — — Map (db m176031) HM
Built in 1924 in Seaford, VA by Alex Gaines and John Smith
This historic vessel is the last largest log boat built for power.
The Deltaville Maritime Museum, with John England as project manager, is restoring the “Crockett” for the . . . — — Map (db m59626) HM
Nearby Stingray Point was named for a fish that almost killed John Smith in July 1608. After running aground in the sandy flats near the point, the explorers speared fish with their swords as they waited for the tide to rise.
Not realizing . . . — — Map (db m97223) HM
A gaff-rigged flagpole
The flagpole you see before you is a gaff-rigged with a yardarm or crosstree. The pole is 40 feet tall and 8 inches in diameter at its base. It sits in a 12 inch by 48 inch steel flagpole ground sleeve buried . . . — — Map (db m97217) HM
From Water to Land
The winch and rails before you represent the arrangement that many boatyards used to haul boats from the water before the advent of the Travel Lift.
The rails extended far enough into the water for a boat to be floated . . . — — Map (db m176036) HM
Oysters were originally harvested by the Powhatan or colonist by wading into the water and picking them up off the oyster bar, but as the number of people eating the oysters increased, boats were needed to collect them from bars farther out into the . . . — — Map (db m97220) HM
Oysters have been a prominent part of life on the Chesapeake Bay since before Colonial times and harvesting oysters always has been an important occupation. The tools used to harvest oysters have evolved over time, as oysters in shallow water . . . — — Map (db m176044) HM
In grateful memory of the woman whose generous gift made the Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park possible.
Pette was born in New Mexico Territory, where she grew up on a large ranch and developed a great affinity for the . . . — — Map (db m176030) HM
Founding Member and Third President of the Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park (DMM & HPNP)
Gene's longtime commitment to the creation of a watermen's museum resulted in the establishment of the DMM&HPNP in 2002. In . . . — — Map (db m176056) HM
Capt. John Smith led two exploratory voyages in Chesapeake Bay during the summer of 1608. His boat ran aground at the mouth of the Rappahannock River three miles east, on 17 July. While awaiting high tide to float the vessel, he and his men impaled . . . — — Map (db m26571) HM
Six enslaved men (Alexander Franklin, David Harris, John Hunter, Miles Hunter, Peter Hunter, and Samuel Hunter), fearing impressment into Confederate service, sought refuge in the Stingray Point Lighthouse near here on 15 July 1861 and hailed the . . . — — Map (db m179743) HM
An exact, full scale recreation of the Stingray Point screwpile lighthouse, built in 1858 and demolished in 1965. It was located 1.8 miles due east of this spot and marked the shoal extending from Stingray Point, dividing the Rappahannock and . . . — — Map (db m176057) HM
A Restored Chesapeake Buy Boat
A Chesapeake Bay buy boat, often called a deck boat because of its large decks, is a type of motor-powered workboat once used for transporting freight throughout the Chesapeake region. It has an aft pilot . . . — — Map (db m176052) HM