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Nelda, it's wonderful to know that some people understand that yes, it 
was all Indian property to begin with, especially the places where 
there were known Indian communities when the English came (we are 
trying to move away from the consistent use of the word "village" to 
describe our Contact-era town sites).  You are right that the 
Arrahatteck were tributaries to the paramount chief Powhatan, but that 
did not mean being under his control.  The English greatly 
misunderstood our socio-political systems of that era.
I am glad you are pleased with the planning for Tree Hill to date; it 
does seem like the developers have good hearts and open minds. You give 
me hope about the future of Curles Neck too. I hope you are attending 
the planning session. Thanks so much for writing this and helping to 
educate us all about these developments.
Deanna

-----Original Message-----
From: Nelda Snyder <snyderfolks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Deannamail@xxxxxxx <Deannamail@xxxxxxx>; katya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, Nov 14  9:00 AM
Subject: RE: [va-richmond-general] Re: tree hill farm aka curls neck 
dairy--isn't it?
Actually, the Arrahatteck (there are 30 some spellings) Indians 
were controlled by Powhatan as one of his group of tribes, and there 
are a couple presumed village sites (out of 5) closer to Richmond---one 
being on our property (I think of it as the Indians' property!) on 
Arrahatteck trail.
 
The Curles Neck property is still being gravel mined in some areas.  
Development there is probably way in the future and will be in the 
nature of the Tree Hill development as a little town or village on the 
river.
 
If you drive east on Route 5 from east Main Street, as soon as you 
cross the railroad tracks past Rocketts Landing, you feel as if you're 
in the country, and you will see the first of 2 blue and white Planning 
Dept signs announcing a hearing on the development.  (It's currently 
scheduled for Nov 27th at 7pm at the Supervisors Board Room at the 
Henrico County Complex on Parham Rd.)  Tree Hill is an extremely well 
planned development and a far superior alternative to the land being 
developed piecemeal with a conglomeration.  And yes, we will sorely 
miss the beautiful views of this farm that I've enjoyed all my 70 years.
 
Nelda
 

 

----- Original Message -----
From:
To: katya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 11/13/2007 7:03:25 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: tree hill farm aka curls neck 
dairy--isn't it?
No, not the same site.  Tree Hill Farm is in Varina.  It's where the 
developers are giving 7 acres to the Virginia tribes, because that is 
where the town called Powhatan was, the town the paramount chief 
Powhatan came from.
Curles Neck Farm is much further east, to the east of the 295 
intersection with Route 5.  That's being developed too.  The area is  
much larger, and some of the land has been used for gravel mining.  
There were Indian towns there too, near Deep Bottom and further east, 
but they were Arrohateck, not Powhatan.  Curles Neck is a great place 
for birding, but that may all change once the developers muck it up.
In a message dated 11/13/2007 5:45:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
katya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

On channel 12 at 5pm, very little information about a public hearing 
tonite at 7pm regarding the Tree Hill Farm Development which is the 
name, I think, was given to Curls Neck Dairy.  It was reported that the 
hearing was about whether the public wanted this development.  The 
location of the public hearing was not mentioned!  I guess you have to 
call 12.
Katie, South of the James






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