Show site of jamestown colony will be duo dug up hope to uncover story of first settlement washington A company of men of the civilian bonsen aaion corps will be assigned to excavate jamestown island where in the first permanent english settlement was founded in america the excavation work will be conducted to uncover the story a as written in the year rear old foundations erected by colonists of the settlement for the official records of the national park service approval of the project was announced by robert recliner director of emergency conservation work jamestown island in iii virginia Is a unit of the colonial national monument in the party that established the settlement was capt john smith who arrived in the hold of the tiny vessel in irons but soon nas as released to become a leader of the colony and one of the romantic figures of the colonial days it was a few years after the arrival of the party that john rolfe kolte married pocahontas after years of tragedy and suffering including indian massacres famine cre and pestilence jamestown became the center of a prosperous colony in 1609 after a vote by the general assembly the seat of government of virginia was moved from jamestown to middle plantation now williamsburg with the passing of the capital james town was abandoned and reclaimed by wilderness the association for the preservation of 0 virginia antiquities several years ago obtained about twenty acres of land on the island where a number of early american relles relics were found re ile bently the rema remainder luder of the island was purchased by the federal government for national park purposes plans for surveying the island and the locating of the foundations of the early homes have been made by B floyd flickinger superintendent of the colonial national monument at present several sites are being considered for the he camp of the C C C corn com pany which soon Is to be moved from yorktown to jamestown A level open space near the bridge connecting the island with the mainland has been chos en tentatively once the camp Is installed it Is planned to survey the entire island by dividing it into square foot areas and exploring each separately |