Bath Botanical Gardens Established in 1779 by the Government of Jamaica, these gardens are the second oldest in the Western Hemisphere. Many of the plants first brought to Jamaica were introduced here, including the croton, the jacaranda, cinnamon, mango, jackfruit and breadfruit. Bath Fountain Discovered by a runaway slave in 1695. The Bath Fountain (or […]
Morant Bay Courthouse Scene of the 1865 riot, this courthouse was burnt during the violence that occurred. It was rebuilt some time afterwards. Leader of the rioters National Hero, Paul Bogle, was buried behind the court-house in a shallow grave. Stokes Hall Great House Stokes Hall and nearby Stokesfield mark the area where Major Luke […]
It is bordered by St. Andrew on the west, Portland on the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. GEOGRAPHY The land mass of St. Thomas ranges from the peaks of the Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains down to sea-level. Subsidiary ridges of the Blue Mountain range, running from east to west across […]