in the 1500's and 1600's, sassafras trees were important because they were thought to provide a cure for syphilis
Source: Library of Congress, A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills (John Farrer/John Overton, 1667)
in the 1500's and 1600's, sassafras trees were important because they were thought to provide a cure for syphilis
Source: Library of Congress, A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills (John Farrer/John Overton, 1667)