Pignut Hickory

Historical marker location:

9531 Lee Highway, Luray, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Lee Highway (U.S. 211) 0.1 miles east of Crisman Hollow Road, on the right when traveling east.)

<i>Carya glabra</i>. Sweet Pig Nut.

The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.