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In 1606, James I granted a royal charter to the Virginia Company of London to settle colonists in North America. After the first permanent English settlement was established later that James, located between the 14th Street Bridge in modern downtown Richmond and the Pony Pasture. The settlement was made at this location as it is the highest navigable site along the James River.

In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale, the new Governor of the Jamestown Colony, organized an expedition and established a settlement below the falls called “Henricus.” The first hospital in North America was built here and was home to Pocahontas. Read the rest of this entry »