Pocatalico River

Roane County · U. S. 119 at Walton · location approximate

The Pocatalico River keeps alive the Indian word which meant "Plenty of Fat Doe." Here early hunters and trappers brought together their furs and by canoe made their way down this stream to Great Kanawha River and markets.

1937 text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native and Black people, and tells frontier history from the settler's side.

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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Marker data: State Road Commission of West Virginia, West Virginia Historic and Scenic Highway Markers (1937), text by Ross B. Johnston

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