Dutch Gap
This great bend in the James River lies due east. The town of Henrico was established here in 1611. In August, 1864, B. F. Butler cut a canal through the neck, shortening the river five miles.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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