Excerpt from The Tidewater Cities of Hampton Roads, Virginia, Your Host for 1907: 1607-1907, the Jamestown Exposition During ordinary times the vicinity border ing on Hampton Roads so famous in history, possesses sufficient attractions to warrant its selection as a meeting place, while during the Exposition period its natural advantages will be wonderfully augmented. These facts, coupled with its wonderful transportation facilities, located within twenty-four hours' ride of more than half of the population of the United States, makes it an exceedingly attractive place in which to hold conventions and special meetings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.