Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park

John Smith

Pocahontas

Powhatan

Few employees have left as visible a mark on National Park Service (NPS) exhibits as John A. Segeren. His work has been enjoyed by generations of park visitors who never knew his name but appreciated his intricate wood carvings and playful animal figures displayed in parks throughout the system. A master woodcarver described by former President Lyndon B. Johnson as "a legacy to this country," Segeren carved out his own place in NPS history.

Within a low-lying, interior wetland, bounded by wax myrtle shrubs and pine trees between the Thorofare and Passmore Creek, lies the likely location of the Travis plantation house and housing for the enslaved. Archeology at domestic farmstead site located a half-mile away reveals where the enslaved community lived. Learn about the plantation's history and a few of the artifacts archeologists found.

Finding aid for the Thomas J. Allen Photographs in the NPS History Collection.

To help prevent turtle injuries and deaths, park managers close the road to motorized vehicles for a few months each year. As a group, turtles are becoming rarer. They are among the most threatened major groups of vertebrates worldwide.

After a promising start in the early 1920s, only a handful of women were hired as park rangers and naturalists in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the national monuments of the Southwest became the new hot spots for women in uniformed positions in the 1930s.