Based in 1607, Disney depicts Pocahontas as the stunning and free-spirited daughter of Chief Powhatan (voiced by Russell Means). Her tribe lives in what is now known as Virginia and works together ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer In the first of a series of exhibits and art talks planned for all Pocahontas County Free Libraries and Information Centers, Vivian Blackwood presented her “Shadows on the ...

Cattle Sale Farmers and Cattlemen are again reminded of the Annual Spring Cattle Sale set for Tuesday. This special sale will be underway about 2:30 p.m. after the sale of the regular weekly auction ...

It was the first of many depictions of Pocahontas intended to demonstrate that a Native American could adopt the demeanor of a "civilized" European. The Virginia Company—backers of the Jamestown ...

So which image is closer to the woman we know as Pocahontas? She was born Matoaka, in the mid-1590s, the daughter of Powhatan, who ruled a native empire in what is now eastern Virginia.

As I leaf through the 1618 edition, another engraved portrait jumps out at me — a New World princess from Virginia. Though nobility radiates from her resolute eyes, Pocahontas couldn't be more ...

Proposed plans are to widen the two-lane Route 60 (Pocahontas Trail) roadway into three lanes for access and safety improvements. The widening — from James City County Fire Station No. 2 to Magruder ...