Historical Marker
The Tea Tree
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.)
Sassafras. Sassafras albidum.
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.