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Discovery continues at Virginia's James Fort, site of America's first permanent English settlement. Archaeologist Bill Kelso gets to the bottom of a 1609 well.

Gentry girls had but one job: to find a husband. Historian Cathy Hellier explains the custom.

The modern Cherokee Nation is enjoying a renaissance in language and culture. Living History Demonstrator Paula Nelson shares the resurgence.

Colonial Williamsburg marks 75 years of costumed interpretation in 2009. Costume Design Center Director Brenda Rosseau describes the metamorphosis from 1934.

Centuries-old phantoms linger in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area. Hear a tale from the "Ghosts Amongst Us" evening tour.

Individuals of all classes rest in the peace of the Bruton Parish graveyard. Church guide Anne Conkling describes one of America's oldest cemeteries.

Horses lend their speed and strength to the American colonies. Head coachman Joyce Henry shares the horse's role in early Virginia.

The humble honeybee sweetens the American story. Apiarist Bill Krebs says bees have been here since the beginning.

America's Constitution stands as a monument to compromise.

One hundred and seventeen colonists vanish in America's oldest mystery. Ivor Noel Hume tells the story of the Lost Colony.

As long as there have been wars, there have been prisoners of war. Tom Hay talks about Revolutionary War captives.

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr act out a fatal altercation. Mark Schneider provides the details.

Rules and ceremony govern this gentlemen's contest. Mark Schneider describes the Code Duello.

Recreating 18th-century technology takes perseverance and luck, says Jay Gaynor, Director of Historic Trades.

Archaeologists turn their trowels on Ravenscroft for its third summer of excavation. Meredith Poole shares an update.