Stingray Point

Historical marker location:

Hartfield, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of General Fuller Highway (Virginia Route 33) and Twiggs Ferry Road (Virginia Route 3), on the right when traveling east on General Fuller Highway.)

Marker installed: 1947

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.