12/31/2025
A little Hampton History!
Today in Hampton History
1916 - The U.S. government buys 1,659 acres of farmland near Back River. Less than a year later, it became the nucleus of Langley Field’s aviation installation.
Image: This 1918 aerial view was taken by an unidentified Langley Signal Corps member. The farm near the center of the image is in the Tide Mill area, with the land on the right part of the future Langley Field (between today’s Nealy Avenue and the Back River). HHM Collections.
Find more Langley Field, NACA/NASA, and Langley Air Force Base history in our collections online: https://hampton.catalogaccess.com/advanced-search?includedFields=Objects%2CPhotos%2CArchives%2CLibrary%2CPeople%2CContainers&Geography+and+Place=%22District--Langley+%28LAFB%2FLaRC%29%22&page=1&size=10&withImages=false