Bigler's Mill, Virginia
Bigler's Mill was a small town in
After the war, a new community grew up along the river based on oyster planting and harvesting. In this practice, seed oysters were gathered from rocky river bottoms, mostly in the James River, and planted in the muddier York River.[2] The right to plant and harvest sections of the riverbed was leased from the state, and leaseholds were transferable, a system that provided some measure of protection from overfishing, and prosperity for the lease owners.
During
Camp Peary later became well known as "The Farm," a training facility for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Access to the base is restricted. The 100-acre (400,000 m2) Biglers Millpond occupies the site adjacent to the York River.
References
- ^ US House of Representatives 1892. Reports of Committees v. 5, Report #1539, Claim of James Bigler.
- ^ Schulte, D.M., 2017, History of the Virginia oyster fishery, Chesapeake Bay, USA: Frontiers in Marine Science v. 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00127
See also
- Penniman, Virginia
- Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia
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