Powhatan Stone - Richmond

The Powhatan Stone is located In Chimborazo Park, on East Grace Street, between North 33rd and North 34th Streets, in Richmond, Virginia.  The stone lies on a hill in the park which overlooks the James River toward the south and an area of land once known as Powhatan Seat.  It was here that the Native American chief Wahunsenacawh heralded from and where the boundary of his empire sat.  Early explorers to the area generally referred to him as the king of the Powhatan village, which eventually shortened to King Powhatan, a name which Europena settlers would continue to call him.  At the time of the settling of Jamestown in 1607 Wahunsenacawh was the leader of about half a dozen tribes and nearly 15,000 people.  He is most famous today as the father of Pocahontas.

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