St. Croix

In Hamilton’s Footsteps: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Christiansted, St. Croix

Few people know that the future Treasury Secretary and Founding Father spent his boyhood in Danish Christiansted. This seven-stop tour leads you from the busy 18th-century wharf through Fort Christiansværn, Company Street sites, St. John’s Church, Thomas Stevens’ residence, and the King Street offices where young Hamilton clerked—tracing the island experiences that shaped his character.

Before the Revolution: Alexander Hamilton’s Formative Years in St. Croix

Long before he shaped America’s financial system, Alexander Hamilton was a teenager working in Christiansted’s busy port and living above his mother’s Company Street shop. There, he mastered bookkeeping, witnessed the injustices of the slave trade, and penned a letter after a devastating hurricane that launched his journey to the mainland. Tracing these West Indian roots reveals the island experiences that forged his ambition and convictions.