VA-K306 Early Peanut Crop

Marker text: EARLY PEANUT CROP

One mile northwest Dr. Matthew Harris grew the first commerical crop of peanuts in the United States. According to tradition, in or soon after 1842.

Virginia State Library, 1959.

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Location: US 460 (westbound), north of Wakefield., Sussex County, Virginia

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