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Henry Rolfe, early Aroostook potato farmer

Henry Rolfe, early Aroostook potato farmer
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Cemeteries help us understand the past - The County

When someone mentions a cemetery to you, what do you think of? And if they asked you to go walk around in one with them, what would you do? Cemeteries are actually very valuable historic resources revealing information about historic events, genealogy, religious beliefs, settlement patterns and more. The symbolism on the carved gravestones is also fascinating.

Eastman Monument

There is a place I go to travel back in time. A quick walk along the same roads and paths through the forest where I stand and admire, just as my ancestors did almost one hundred years ago. My journey is both practical and functional. As I stand and.

Rolfe, John (d 1622) – Encyclopedia Virginia

SUMMARY John Rolfe served as secretary and recorder general of Virginia (1614–1619) and as a member of the governor’s Council (1614–1622). He is best known for having married Pocahontas in 1614 and for being the first to cultivate marketable tobacco in Virginia. Joined by his first wife, whose name is unknown, Rolfe sailed on the Sea Venture, a Virginia-bound ship that wrecked off the islands of Bermuda in 1609. There his wife gave birth to a daughter, but mother and child soon died. In Virginia, Rolfe turned to experimenting with tobacco, a plant first brought to England from Florida. The Virginia Indians planted a variety that was harsh to English smokers, so Rolfe developed a Spanish West Indies seed,

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