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A Monograph on Old Point Comfort, Virginia aass V'2-^i (D4Ps- ~Z^^i^t^^ <::^ //r^ ^T r . FLOOR PLAN AND FRONT VIEW OF The Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, Ta. Hygeia Hotel is The situaled at OKI Point Comfort, Va, front of Im mediately m Fortress Monroe, and f rontme Cliesane'iki and Hampton Koads. bay The steamboat landing is wifhiu yards ot the hotel a Hundred door, and. the waters of the bar rN wituin a tew feet lug ,o of the verandas, visitors are enabled t„ enjoy the pleasures ol surl bathing without the drawback of a fatigumg rwo lo and from the beacu f ortress Jtonioe with its lamous ArtUlery School is within a s walk, and is always minute open to visitors Its parade eroilnd is beautifully shaded wuu l.ve-oaks, and its ra£par[i ?ffeTa pieasaut anu breezy pipiueuade. The daily dre» parades arv mliveued with the music of a tine band, and open parade ground air coucerS on the are given three nights in every week \ fuU baud is also engaged (or the service of the Hotel pavihon, and the spacious open to the sea breeze, is every' with dancers. eveuu^ turonged The tacilities for bathhig aud hsh u^ unsurpassed, and the are neighborhood abounoi in pl"as^,iu drives ana places ot mteresu Tue iSormal School, the Soldier" Home, and the quaint old Town of bainpton being all wSii"'^mn the limits ot an easy drive or sad * The cUmate of Old Point Comfort is uneuuaUed for salubri- ty, malaria:, FBVKRS BEJNO ABSOLUTELY DWK^OWS The ree.mls the Meteorological of observatory for the past ten years sliow average temperature lji>=', an of r4°. 70° in summer' ;o* 511" «,'> in autumn; J5°. 44°, *.» in whiter; aud 4S° hx^ tis" iv.r spring, for sleeplessness aud nervousness the delicious touio of the ocean au-, and the lullaby puie of the ocean waves roUine un on bench but mo sandy a few feet from the bed-room windows ari most heatlitm soporitics at tUe Hygeia, ' AS a resort for pieasuie-seekois and invalids, and us a rest- for tourists ing-place on their way to I'loridu or to the Korth cT bT c this Mouse, witu Its acconmiodations for Tc I c upwards of two neonle' I presents mducemonts whicn certainly _i"j_i,._J_ III 109 m: cannot be e-xceeded else' ^ I I where. can be reached from it New York tri-weekly, by the elegant ot the old Liuminion rn>7T„7T",ir| r.ia~r„4"T„TT„rr,o7T,„r| r.orT,„rr,<,7r„-r„-r„-1 ships cteamship 00., leaving pier ^7 ^orth on Tuesdays, itiver, Tnursdiiys, anu Kalurdaya; or from the city and .lL±'=J-^iLLlLa"E"i[" same ruuadelpma daily, by rad to Ualtimore aud llieiice by steamers o( the Old liay i^ine Iroiu canton Wharf uady couuiiuuication uy Uie same route from Washinetoii via Baltimore, ami direct trom Washington, bv steamers Jane JUoseley," "Lady of the Lake,'" and 'tleo. Learv "' From iticmnond the steamer • Ariel " leaves Mond'ay vVeduesday and Friday; sleamer "Schuyler," Monday and Thursday and daily cou.munication ; tr'oin Richmond and I'etei'Sburg by rad to rlorfolk, tbeuce liy Bay Line steam- ers, whicu connect closely- with the radways from the South West. and An almost hourly comniumcation is uiamtainea with Norfolk, by above named steamers al- so "iN. i'. Jiaaks," and "Accomack," toucliuig on their way to and from New i'wk, lialtimore, Washington, Uich- moud, Petersburg, Yorktovu, Mathews, Cherrystone, Cobb's Island, Hampton, and binitUleld, The accoinpauying diagiam wdl be of service to parties (k'- siriug to secure rooms in auvance of tneir arrival, 1 ho numeral ligui-es refer to the numben ot apartments, and should always stated writing be when to sjcure rooms. The letters, A Ji C refer lo the iiiaxunum number 01 guests which can be accom- modated m each room: tvooms marked A wdl atcommodate from 1 to ti " pei-sons. JJ " " lto6 C " " lto4 " " " ItoS li " " itoa TE.R.M.S Transient, $3 50 per day June and August Weekly, 818,00. Monthly, . , SftiS.OO. July, Weekly SSU,UU. Monthly , *76,U0. c c c: c C B I t=B^ Chddren under ten and occupying seats at children's I I table, half price, servants accoruing to tne accommodations furnished, usually three-fourth rates. / °?^ When more man two piisons occupy same room a liberal reduction ot rates wdl be aade, depenuing ' I upon I I I ' the size and ^^^^f'O . 164 I 102 IDU I IQB I 106 ID4| (lOS IBO 140 I 146 144 l-tsl ri4C I I location of the room, numbtr in party, length ef tsay etc bor further iidormation, address: H. PHOEBUS, Proprietor. ^^- 2 ~ _ 3 |ao6 |3io| au jan VERANDA • I I I 17a ' .OBTmoI I ioo~| I pro 17* 170 raiTTtoa ISO leTT'iBa fTee^n GBTiaTTiaTT'iso ntl j I FIRST FLOOR A MONOGRAPH ON OLD POINT COMFORT. VIRGINIA. "'y //- i V ONl^'i PHILADELPHIA: ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, No. 233 South Fifth Street. '^ \i^ ^\ . Wo — OLD POINT COMFORT. ' many miles \t^^ north of Hatteras, the stormy cape dreaded of I mariners, and scene of many a shipwreck, the inhospitable Atlantic coast suddenly opens, and through ill a broad gateway of waters, admits the voyager to a sheltered inland sea. Through this gateway, and into this inland sea, the good ship "Susan Constant" boldly steered her way, two hundred years I jL and more ago. But let brave Captain Newport spin his yarn in / •" his own old-fashioned way, and say how looked the goodly Chesa- peake to the first English eyes that ever beheld it : " There is but one entrance into this countiy, and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay, eighteen or twenty miles broad. The cape on the south is called Cape Henry, in honor of our most noble Prince. The land, white hilly sand, like unto the Downs, and all along the shores great plenty of pines and firs. The north cape is called Cape Charles, in honor of the worthy Duke of York. This bay lies north and south, in which the water flows nearly two hundred miles, and has a channel of one hun- dred and forty miles, of depth between six and fifteen fathoms, holding in breadth, for the most part, ten or fourteen miles. From the head of the bay, to the north-west, the land is mountainous, and so in a manner from thence in a south-west line; so that the farther southward, the farther off" from the bay are those mountains ; from which fall certain brooks, which after come to fine, principal navigable rivers." As the goodly vessel steered from the entrance between the capes towards the west, the voyagers saw before them "a country not moun tainous, nor yet low ; but such pleasant plain hills and fertile valleys, one prettily crossing another, and watered so conveniently with fresh brooks, and springs not less commodious than delightful. The first of these delightful and navigable rivers, on the west side the bay, is called Powhattan, on account of the name of a principal country that lies upon it. It falls from rocks far west, in a country inhabited by a nation called Monacans. This river is enriched with many goodly brooks, among which is the brook of Chesapeak." Towards the mouth of this fair river Powhattan the voyagers directed their course; and as the setting sun tinged the western sky with gold, they furled their weary sails, and cast anchor in the broad roadstead, now known to every mariner that sails the sea as Hampton Roads. (7) ! 8 How they pursued their explorations, and found their way to the mighty falls of the great river Powhatan,—would they could have left it its old poetic name, commemorative of its Indian sovereign,—how they negotiated, and feasted, and trafficked with the natives, buying corn and cedar- wood, and feasting on the luscious fish and oysters whose descendants tickle our palates to this day, these things are written in the narrative of that seventeenth century hero, John Smith, soldier, sailor, diploma- tist, discoverer, and Heaven only knows what beside. Pass we to another scene in the history of the infant colony. In July, 1608, Captain John Smith, with a select party of adventu- rers, started in an open boat on a voyage of exploration of the shores of Chesapeake Bay. Like men of wisdom, before striking out into the broad waters of the bay, they tarried for a space at Hampton, then called Kecoughtan, which, even at that early day, was noted for its fish and oysters, and celebrated for its hospitality. How the unaccustomed palates of the adventurers must have been tickled by their first taste of shad, and with what surpassing gusto they must have reveled over their first dish of soft crabs The modern visitor to this locality, Hampton, will have little trouble in locating the site of the Indian village where Smith and his compan- " ions were so hospitably entertained : Kecoughtan contains about eighteen houses, pleasantly situated upon three acres of ground, upon a plain half environed with a great bay of the great river, the other part with a bay of another river, with a little isle, fit for a castle, in the mouth thereof." After resting and refreshing themselves for a space at Kecoughtan, the explorers proceeded on their way, and traced the western shore of the great bay as far as the entrance to the Piankatank river.
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