Sassafras River
Discovered and explored by Capt. John Smith 1607–1609 who named it Tockwough River after the tribe of Indians who inhabited its banks. Tockwough was the original Indian name for Sassafras, a root from which they made a form of bread.
Marker is on Augustine Herman Highway (Route 213) near At entrance to Sassafras River Bridge, on the right when traveling south.
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