Native Virginians / by Mary Lovell Swetnam -- European exploration and settlement / by Mary Lovell Swetnam -- Historic families and houses / by Mary Lovell Swetnam -- Witches and witchcraft / by Dorothy Tyson Harland -- Pirates / by Theresa G. Dunleavy -- Cape Henry, First Landing State Park, and the lighthouses / by Dorothy Tyson Harland -- Early churches / by Dorothy Tyson Harland -- Courthouses / by Mary Lovell Swetnam -- War on Princess Anne soil / by Martha Lewis Taylor -- Lifesaving stations and shipwrecks / by Dorothy Tyson Harland -- Virginia Beach : the birth of a resort / by Martha Lewis Taylor -- Transportation / by Martha Lewis Taylor -- The military / by Martha Lewis Taylor -- The merger / by Martha Lewis Taylor -- Virginia Beach today / by Martha Lewis Taylor -- A survey of historic families / by Mary Lovell Swetnam -- A survey of historic homes / by Mary Lovell Swetnam.