Old Road Town
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Old Road Town is a town in Saint Kitts and Nevis
. It is located on the west coast of Saint Kitts
island, just to the south of Middle Island
.
It was settled on January 28, 1624 by Thomas Warner, his wife Rebecca, his son Edward and 14 others. The settlers were at first on good terms with the island's Carib inhabitants, though such friendship lasted only a very few years. Rather than cultivating sugar, it was tobacco that had drawn Warner to the island, and it was the island's tobacco crop that first supported the settlement. The colony prospered and more settlements were built and by 1727, Basseterre became the capital after the expulsion of the French in 1713. Old Road is more developed with a tourism, fishing and farming industry. There is a new fisheries complex, funded by the Taiwanese government.
Outside of Old Road are found a number of interesting Carib petroglyphs.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....
. It is located on the west coast of Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island (Saint-Christophe in French) is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean...
island, just to the south of Middle Island
Middle Island, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Middle Island is a town in Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the capital of Saint Thomas Middle Island Parish and is located on the west coast of Saint Kitts island....
.
It was settled on January 28, 1624 by Thomas Warner, his wife Rebecca, his son Edward and 14 others. The settlers were at first on good terms with the island's Carib inhabitants, though such friendship lasted only a very few years. Rather than cultivating sugar, it was tobacco that had drawn Warner to the island, and it was the island's tobacco crop that first supported the settlement. The colony prospered and more settlements were built and by 1727, Basseterre became the capital after the expulsion of the French in 1713. Old Road is more developed with a tourism, fishing and farming industry. There is a new fisheries complex, funded by the Taiwanese government.
Outside of Old Road are found a number of interesting Carib petroglyphs.