They did not get married in the Disney film, though the movie does propagate the idea that the two were romantically involved which is not certain. When Smith first wrote of Pocahontas he described her as a girl about ten years old.
I think John Rolfe was the one who actually married Pocahontas, but John Smith was the one who actually led the colony. The Disney version combined both aspects into one character named John Smith, but they were both real.
The character in the Disney movie was certainly fictional, but there was a real man named John Smith who at least knew, probably befriended, was allegedly saved by, and is often rumored to have been a lover of Pocahontas. When Smith returned to England Pocahontas was told that he had died. Afterward she married Rolfe.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, John Smith is real. In fact, there are 46,977 real John Smiths in the U.S. alone. 46,978 if I stay at a trashy motel tomorrow.
Lived in VA for 6 years now and I can't believe I missed the fertile river valley question. Talk about over thinking it.... All I could think of was the New River.
New River Valley was my first guess too, since it's closer to where I live and they're always mentioning it on the weather. But then I saw "near the West Virginia border," and also thought Shenandoah would be much more relevant to people who aren't from here.
To be fair, William and Mary is a college not a university. It is the College of William and Mary. So technically, the oldest university is the University of Virginia
Could you be more specific on which pass you're looking for? There are an awful lot of passes in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia. The Cumberland Gap is mostly in Kentucky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rolfe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)
I'm so disappointed.
Working my way down the United States trivia badge!