Vintage Stories from the Virgin Islands
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The Virgin Islands in 1903 © The Royal Danish Library Mosquito Island for Sale You can learn so much about […]
Read MoreWorking Conditions for Agricultural Laborers Here is an interesting document found in the Royal Danish Library regarding the conditions under […]
Read MoreHere’s a little poem to brighten your day, found in the Danish newspapers. 🗞 Pass It On by Rev. Henry Burton […]
Read MoreParaquita Bay Estate 1914 Paraquita Bay is located south of Maya Cove on the eastern end of Tortola. It features […]
Read MoreThe Road Town Post Office
Read MoreThe Lime Industry in Tortola Here’s an interesting notice found in the archives of the Royal Danish Library about the […]
Read MoreDutch Galliot, Detroop Wrecks Anegada, the flat, drowned island of the British Virgin Islands claimed countless wrecks over the years. The island’s […]
Read MoreLast Will and Testament of James Thornton The online auction site, eBay offers an array of interesting historical memorabilia and […]
Read MoreEvery time I glance through the old newspapers, I stumble upon the sad news of the loss of another inter-island […]
Read MoreThe Onion Industry in Tortola
Read MoreFree Cotton Seeds
Read MoreList of 22 Methodist Preachers Methodist Preachers ~ 1915
Read MoreAugust Monday Festival August Monday–a holiday set aside in remembrance of Emancipation was celebrated in gala style in the year 1929. The […]
Read MoreThe Loss of the Sloop, Perseverance So many boats have been claimed by the sea that it’s impossible to document them all! […]
Read MoreHistoric Video of Tortola […]
Read MoreThe Pride of Tortola The Pride of Tortola was a 65-foot island schooner once owned by Rudolph Hodge. She was […]
Read MorePhotographs of the British Virgin Islands 1956 All images above are courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution. Don’t forget to visit […]
Read MoreVirgin Gorda I love finding and collecting vintage postcards! Here’s one from a guest staying in the British Virgin Islands […]
Read MoreOcean Mysteries Tales of finding floating ships with sails fully set and no one on board have added to the […]
Read MoreHave you read Stevenson’s Treasure Island? It’s one of my favorite books! I’m a bit partial having spent so much […]
Read MorePeter Island is truly paradise! Our of our ancestors purchased the Great Harbor area in 1913 with the hope of […]
Read MoreRemembering the Rhone One of the most tragic hurricanes to ever befall the British Virgin Islands happened 151 years ago. […]
Read MoreImagine walking along the beach and noticing an odd-shaped bottle still sealed and never opened! 🍾 Almost 200 years ago, […]
Read MoreWhile scrolling through ebay today, I came across an interesting find! It was a dinner menu from a restaurant my husband and […]
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