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- Title: River Winds Through Ages to Smithfield (Local)
- Author : The Virginian Pilot
- Release Date : January 07, 2009
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
Description
MY PREVIOUS VISIT TO SMITHFIELD was by water. There's something about the approach on the dreamily beautiful Pagan River that sets the stage for the deep history of the place. When wind was the only engine driving boats, anyone coming to Smithfield had to arrive on a rising tide and depart on a falling one. Remember how the first diaries of the Jamestown settlers said they fell from London? You realize the ships were utterly dependent on tides unless they just happened to have strong wind at their backs.