Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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★★★★★★★ A - APPOMATTOX MANOR GENERAL GRANT ' S PATENTED 1635 BY CAPTAIN FRANCIS EPPES INO CAME BY TRADITION IN THE HOPEfEU, OWNED BY SAME FAMILY PROBABLY LONGER THAN ANY LAND IN U $ SHELLED BY BRITISH OURINC AMERICAN REVOLUTION HEAOOUARTERS AT APPOMATTOX MANOR I8S4-S5 DURING SEICE OF PETERSBURG S RICHMOND PRESIBENT LINC8LN SPENT 3 NECKS « CITY POINT OURINC APRIL. IBSS. CITY POINT first settled as bermuoa c ttie by sir Thomas dale 1613 IMPORTANT COLONIAL PORT PETER FRANCISCO PUT ASHORE 1 65 AS WASHINGTON S ONE MAN ARMY ' INCORPORATED 1826 ANNEXED HOPEWELL 1923 hei| w fcirTg|t)ur .of historic City Point stadents- head for Appomattox Manor A

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t Colonial Times Revisited The Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg, decorated with garlands and wreaths in 18th- century style, is one of many Christmas attractions in Virginia’s colonial capital. 3 3 ■ 3 - 3 J • 3 - 3 - 3 3 - ■ 3 3 3 )• 3 3 3 3 - • • 3 - )• 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 )- 3 3 • j , l 3 » )• 3 ■ 3 3 3 « 3 • 3 - 3 ► 3 - 3 • 3 3 • 3 3 3 - 3 - 3 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 • 3 ► 3 ' 3 ’ 3 - 3 - 3 • 3 - 3 ► 3 ’ 3 - 3 3» 3 • 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 ' 3 ' 3 - 3 - 3 ' 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 ’ 3 - Table of Contents Sights (s Scenes... 8 Lecturers Cf Listeners.. . 72 Shoppes 6 Stores. . • 168 Index. .. 216 VIRGINIA, the Old Dminion , birthpla eight United States p icf m ome of the permanent English settlemerm rs’much to tourists and history scholars. Hopewell, a mod¬ ern, eastern city has the advantage of central location. Nearby are restored early colonial plantations such as Berkeley and Shirley. Ninety miles away is Charlottesville, home of Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. Forty miles away is Williamsburg, the hub of early colonial life and government. Come with us as we visit Hopewell, meet her citizens, visit her high school, tour her historic places and watch her take her place in the Bicentennial Celebration. 3

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History students watch Aonnie Hock as he stands inside the oldest and largest pecan tree in America. fc HMMMeave St. John’s Episdo] 1860 ’s, the church’s baserifeThf si FoFsIaves from AppomattoxM; Union shelling of City Point- or duri In 1635 Captain Francis Eppes sailed from England on the Good Ship Hopewell with a 2,350 acre land grant from Charles I, King of England. Captain Eppes set aside part of his land naming it Hopewell Farms, in honor of the ship that brought him to Virginia. Eppes built a manor house on the bluff overlooking the Appomattox River. During the Revolutionary War, Appomattox Manor survived the shelling of traitor Benedict Arnold, who was on his way to Yorktown to join Lord Cornwallis. Toward the end of the War, British soldiers set fire to the house and grounds, but slaves extinguished the flames. During the Civil War, General Grant used Appomattox Manor as his headquarters and President Abraham Lincoln spent two of the last three weeks of his life at the Manor. City Point grew and developed into a town complete with shops, bank and post office. Many early struc¬ tures serve as family residences today. On Prince Henry Avenue stands the Cook House (1858) which served as a Union hospital during the Civil War. On Cedar Lane is St. John’s Episcopal Church (1840), still used today for services. A three hundred year old pecan tree, the oldest and largest in America, still stands on Pecan Avenue. 5