Wakefield and Pipsico

Historical marker location:

17 Swanns Point Rd, Spring Grove, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Colonial Trail West (Virginia Route 10) and Martin Luther King Highway (Virginia Route 40), on the right when traveling west on Colonial Trail West.)

Marker installed: 2003

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.