Pocahontas Island in Petersburg, Virginia, was one of the earliest free Black settlements and an Underground Railroad stop.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Named the “The Pocahontas Quilt” by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 26—POCAHONTAS, Va. — A convicted sex offender who was attacked at a correctional center in Tazewell County died Monday at a ...

POCAHONTAS, Va. (WJHL) — The Town of Pocahontas has been awarded a grant to continue improvements at the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine. Officials gathered at the former mine site Friday to present the ...

POCAHONTAS, Va. — Fourteen Virginia Tech students recently visited the Pocahontas Library, went through the yearbooks, wrote in the community journal, signed up for library cards, and praised the ...

Madrid-based Globalvia, which operates the Pocahontas Parkway (State Route 895) in Chesterfield and Henrico counties, has launched a new toll payment app that allows drivers to pay tolls in real time ...

Traditions of Virginia Native Tribes are front and center at the Pocahontas Festival. At the Gloucester Pocahontas Festival we take a look at the challenges and successful strides made by Virginia ...

An April 3 Close to Home piece, "Bring Home Our Native Daughter," suggested that the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown should include DNA analysis to identify the mortal remains of ...