Nathaniel Bacon

Historical marker location:

Henrico, Virginia

( Marker is on New Market Road (Virginia Route 5) 0.6 miles east of Curles Neck Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1996

The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.