Table of Contents
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Chapters
- Before the White Men Came
- Exploring With the Smith Party
- Whence Elizabeth River, Willoughby, and Two Points
- The Origin of Norfolk's Name
- The History of Norfolk's Site
- The "Half Moone" Fort
- The Birth of "Norfolk Towne"
- Watching Norfolk's First Steps
- Norfolk Becomes a Borough
- The Norfolk Mace
- Everyday Life in Pre-Revolutionary Norfolk
- A Colorful Pre-Revolutionary Mayor
- Paul Loyall and the Press Gang
- George Washington in Norfolk
- Streets Where History Walked
- The Borough Church
- The Borough Courtyard
- The Ball in the Wall
- The Dunmore Ball
- The Press of a Patriot
- Methodism in Early Norfolk
- The Burning of Norfolk
- The Coming of the French
- Music in Old Norfolk
- Norfolk Theater History - Part I
- Norfolk Theater History - Part II
- Norfolk's Presbyterian Beginnings
- Flags of Fortune
- Decatur Drinks a Famous Toast
- The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
- Historic Fort Norfolk
- The Battle of Craney Island
- Lafayette's Four Visits
- The Norfolk-Portsmouth Ferries
- The Making of a Shrine
- The 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic
- Two Memorable Freezes
- Landmark of Loveliness
- Alexander Galt - The Sculptor from Norfolk
- Other Notable Buildings and Houses
- Early Norfolk Baptist Highlights
- Forrest - Norfolk's First Historian
- Norfolk and the Navy
- Norfolk's Civil War Phase
- Virginia's First Civil War Engagement
- Lincoln Plans the Recapture of Norfolk
- The Hanging of Dr. Wright
- A Norfolk Girl Told President Davis
- Norfolk's Two Civil War Monuments
- Norfolk's Early Jewish History
- The Old Bells of Norfolk
- Other Distinguished Visitors
- Education in Old Norfolk
- Norfolk's Farewell to a Hero
- The Norfolk Library and Its Antecedents
- The Virginia Club
- General Pickett's Funeral
- The Russian Invasion
- African-Americans in Norfolk
- Norfolk and the Revolutionary Centennial
For more information, please contact:
The Norfolk Historical Society
P.O. Box 6367
Norfolk, VA 23508-0367
The Norfolk Historical Society is certified as a tax-exempt, public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and gifts are tax-deductible.