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  • Archaeologist's 'Henrytowne' theory shakes up Virginia history

    02/12/2007 6:25:12 AM PST · by SlowBoat407 · 15 replies · 803+ views
    The Virginian-Pilot ^ | February 12, 2007 | SUSAN E. WHITE
    VIRGINIA BEACH - For 400 years, the history of early Virginia has focused on the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown. But Randy Amici believes history has overlooked something important - a possible settlement and a fort more than 60 miles away, near what is now Fort Story in Virginia Beach. It was called Henrytowne, and Amici thinks it may have been established as early as 1610. Amici's findings have stirred up a historical hornet's nest among others who question whether Henry-towne ever existed. Today, Amici will take his conclusions to Williamsburg, where an intrigued group of Virginia historians will...