“Pleasureland of the East”

In the late 1950s, a large-scale gambling resort was planned for Freestone Point, with an original scheme that boasted a luxury hotel, a golf course and country club, marinas, white sand beaches, swimming pools, tennis, an amusement park, and more. Much of this fourteen million dollar vision was abandoned with the demise of the gambling ship in 1958. Existing facilities were then used and others were added in the early 1960s, when the resort was converted into a recreational area featuring three swimming pools, a ferris wheel and a merry-go-round, go-kart racing, pony rides, a boardwalk and pier, a model train ride, and over a mile of white sand beach.

Virginia · United States