Fulton Items

Fulton Street Sign

A few street sign posts are all that remain of old Fulton community.

View from Powhatan Hill, 2003

looking upon the land of old Fulton

The land of Chief Wahunsonacock, also known as Chief Powhatan, the father of Matoaka, (born c. 1595 in Werawocomoco in Virginia) also know as Pocahontas, the wife of John Rolfe in 1614.

View from Powhatan Hill
toward Rocketts Landing
Renamed Fulton on the River James

This is where America began in 1607

View from Powhatan Hill,

New Fulton housing, 2003

Powhatan Hill, later know as Chimborazo Hill was the site of the 40 acre Confederate Hospital during the War of Northern Aggression 1861-1865. Chimborazo Hill was named after a South American volcano.

Cobblestones in Fulton, 2003

Original cobblestone roads are sad reminders of a once-thriving community at Rocketts Landing, renamed Port Mayo, and Fulton