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pocahontas

poh kuh hon tuhs

  • n  a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
News & Articles

  • Lady Rebels win two
    The Sioux Central softball team won an extra-inning game over Pocahontas Area, 5-4, on Monday, and followed it up with a 9-4 victory over Laurens-Marathon on Tuesday night. Both games were at home in...
    June 13, 2013 - Spencer Daily Reporter
  • Divided voters choose new pool
    With low voter turnout in a special election Tuesday, Pocahontas voters favored two 0.5 percent sales tax issues that will fund construction and maintenance of a $7.5 million indoor swimming pool and aquatic center.
    June 12, 2013 - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • Pocahontas Solid Waste Authority sues 400 residents over green box fee
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In the past six years, the Pocahontas County Solid Waste Authority has sued more than 400 county residents, about 5 percent of the entire county, for not paying fees associated with the countys unique "green box" trash progra...
    June 9, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette
Quotes

  • Daniel in International Herald Tribune
    This is more personal,said Angela L. Daniel "Silver Star," an anthropologist who co-authored a new book, "The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History," with Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow.
  • Jessica Biel in PR Newswire (press release)
    I was a huge Disney fan growing up as a kid and Cinderella, Snow White, Pocahontas, Ariel - all those characters were huge for me, so I definitely did dream,said Biel. "I never actually thought I would make it! So this is pretty exciting."
  • Tim Reid in Progress Index
    You will have to find out what makes Pocahontas such a unique place, why it eventually fell apart and how its people survived,Reid said.

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