Historical Marker

Buffalo Mountain

Historical marker location:
Woolwine, Virginia
( Marker is on Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 168), 2.8 miles south of Parkway Lane South (Virginia Route 8), on the left when traveling south.)

Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was founded in 1607 and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699.