Fences and Livestock

Fences and Livestock (HMB8M)

Location: Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 12.414', W 76° 46.507'

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Jamestown had a large number of four-footed and feathered residents. A chronicler wrote of "two hundred ? cattle, as many goats, infinite hogs in herds all over the woods." The government required fences to keep the free-roaming livestock out of the edible harvest.
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HM NumberHMB8M
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Placed ByColonial National Historic Park
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Date Added Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 7:20pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 342479 N 4119300
Decimal Degrees37.20690000, -76.77511667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 12.414', W 76° 46.507'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 12' 24.84" N, 76° 46' 30.42" W
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Area Code(s)757, 202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2274 Island Drive, Williamsburg VA 23185, US
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