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Kentucky Color: Miss Sassy 2021-10-02 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. By Billy Joe Fudge Go to the Homeplace Trailhead of the Tebbs Bend Nature and Recreation Area, take the Beaver Pond Loop and you will find this beautiful old lady, we call "Miss Sassy". Miss Sassy is a Sassafras tree that has been proudly standing on the edge of a steep hillside overlooking Green River for hundreds of years. No doubt she watched every minute of the Battle of Tebbs Bend on July 4, 1863 and noted the passing of the Longhunters and maybe even Daniel Boone as early as the 1760's. Miss Sassy told me she loves to entertain visitors, have them touch her bark and smell that wonderful aroma of Root Beer emanating from her soul. She loves to have her picture taken with the children and have them shared on Columbia Magazine and social media. Note: Root Beer was indeed flavored by Sassafras Roots originally and when you're maybe 400 years old, everyone is a child! Permalink | Comments?

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