MEDIA Show Media Credit: United States Geological SurveyOriginal Author: United States Geological SurveyCreated: October 22, 1999Medium: Digital photographMattaponi RiverThis modern photograph shows a portion of the 103-foot long Mattaponi River, a tributary of the York River that drains into the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Indians originally called York River the Pamunkey River.FEATURED INGeorge F. “Thunder Cloud” Custalow (1865–1949)