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2. History of Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   During the 17th century, shortly after establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, English settlers and explorers began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads. In 1610, Sir Thomas Gates took possession of a nearby Native American village which became known as Kecoughtan. In 1619, the area of Newport News was included in one of four ...

3. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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   Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, its facilities span more than 550 acres (2.2 km 2). The shipyard is a major employer, not only for the lower Virginia Peninsula, but ...

4. Daily Press (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   The Daily Press Inc. is a daily morning newspaper published in Newport News, Virginia, which covers the lower and middle Peninsula of Tidewater Virginia. It was established in 1896 and bought by Tribune Company in 1986. Current owner Tribune Publishing spun off from the company in 2014. In 2016, The Daily Press has a daily average readership of ...

5. SS California (1927) - Wikipedia

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   SS California entering Havana Harbor, Cuba in 1934.. California was the first of three sister ships built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia for the Panama Pacific Lines, a subsidiary of American Line Steamship Corporation which was a part of J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company.

6. Nathaniel Jarrett Webb - Wikipedia

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   Alma mater. College of William and Mary. Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (April 25, 1891 – July 18, 1943) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Newport News City Council, and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Newport News and Warwick County, Virginia from 1934 to 1936. He was known as Nat Webb.

7. Collis P. Huntington High School - Wikipedia

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   Collis P. Huntington High School, commonly referred to as just Huntington High School (opened in 1927) was a black high school located in the East End section of Newport News, Virginia, US, during the era of racial segregation. After desegregation, it became an integrated intermediate school (eighth and ninth grades), and in 1981 was converted ...