Show v Y Hb t V v aYr s 7 1 c c i 1 A i EL II N I c l lar 1 l 1 i t It I II r r e 4 fi 3 II II II I I I t a t cf r I f e f ft t l y rt M Mv f I II I II v IL s d f I Ia Ia a I Ii a f i D J JI f Y R tit I TY 11 55 rte y S 9 7 1 Cy CLI 0 SCOTT WATSON I I T S JI proclamation s s set setting e t t t I n D nS J g aside the he w ws week sleek of An Aprils April 1 F J 11 I J 2 22 to ns as American In I 1 1 orest eek eck and urgings urging c s s that Hint where liere here practical Ie and not In conflict with withlaw withlaw law Ill or custom Arbor be observed ed during the course of the week eel u should make mahe all Amr Amer leans tree minded In that they should gh give e thought to the and wise use ue of our forests forets It might be well also to gh ghe ghet e II t ought toome to some ome ome of the famous trees Ilch Ich hn have lase e stood or are still standing on nn the soil soli of the United States and which tease have e placed cd their part In to the I m king of this nuts nation In fart fOlt so 0 Important has lias been the role of trees In American history that the rice nee association a n few Cew 3 ago estal hell a n hall of fame for fortl tl ees and Immediate citizens In all allI I 1 arts of the country proud of the thel tl Uces ees In their communitIes nl m them for Cor places In this gal gallery gallery lery of honor h nearly e every cry state boasts boosts I e f t one or more trees which Is well wellI n I DO noun DOn n locally or throughout the there are ely few I which are or hi hue e a been Leen objects of nal veneration There are arc three I 0 l e r which chi are arc I known to every even First Hr t of these thel r s Is the Washington rim rum II Mass under GeorgI- GeorgI W ashington took tool command of the Ihl army on July 3 lii TI e long and honored career of thi tree tre then more than SoO O J years old olt came to an end In 11 1923 1 when hen the whole trunk cracked and fell v while hill workmen were ere pulling a dod dead from ItI It I nother famous tree tre of the same species w was as as the Treaty 1 Lim on the banks of the Delaware river rl un under under ller der whole lio ho lioe e e branches William 1 III lam Icon I cnn a and lit 11 tie tte c Indians made the onh treaty I t these thee people and th the ns that was as not ratified bs b boath oath and tint that was os ne never broken brohen on an onn n lint hit gave gate the fatuous famous Quaker title to ti II tie e a land which later Inter 1 tI tie e great state of I enn I ann anh the llie treats Ireat Ilm I was as blown ton down In 1810 1510 and anI an 1 Its age at nt that time was WM estimated to ha have hate I I teen leen een Sl 81 3 ears I ri rl e a third In the time trilogy of most mOlt famous trees was as not an nn elm tut I shat schoolboy does not know Inow the thrilling history tit of o tI 0 Charter Oak once stor stood stord d In Hartford lonn Conn Connin ConnIn In Its hr lIow trun trunk It once 1 I eld tl tto p of the time colony of Connecticut Mere here Cal t I Ii h a 0 a la I laced It wl wi en 11 tl tI e a lights were sud suddenly denly I d extinguished on that occo occasion lon In when hen Sir Ir I dmund I I Andros who ho hail had been appointed no 11 governor of New l England Ingland I that the assembly surrender lo to 1 I Im 1 His mils lis s syn n bol 1101 of tl tI cir III ns as I rig citizens nd ul I cu I tI tie I e a Charter Oal was o apt I I a I storm In IS 18 0 b J I the fhe lie whole hole stat state of Connecticut sent ent Into mourning church I tells ells were erl I tolled an nn 1 this tills great glent owl oil which wasI was I belle e J to 10 I te e l I 1 70 rind 1000 weirs old I Is tie tte tt e only treon tree tre on record I fir f r which funeral services Ices were ever eser I 1 eld le er Although ugh the foil 1 Ing Is 1 hi hJ no nn noI I means a Ie te ll t t of all nil the Iha his I talc tries es In the United States al ich have ho been registered In the tree hall hallof of fame tame or Ie honored b bi by tl II e people some of them still lu s l tc dui ws s K h stilt a ti td a R n z rr ti e c dy choo Co Cb standing and some long since passed a It will give gise an on idea of the Intimate association of some monarch of the forest foret with some me history mak makIng 10 lug went event Washington rim near Palmer Mass on the Springfield Boston nay ay of which It li Is recorded that beneath this tree W rest rested ell and refreshed himself and ered n 1 shor short address only three days pre preus I us to taking command of r f the he arms arm nf at i liberty Ilbert I Tree free ree an elm which stool I III n II I 1 oston Common and un under er to protest against the Stamp tit ht and other oilier oppressions by Ing and were 1 I eld by uy the patriots It fins ns cut down In l 1 75 while th the Ish Ih army occupied 1 l oston for tor re- re wood and for revenge re upon the rebels I lafavette a eUe Tree In front of I J a CIlette s 1 I ead at a n t a fun rin house still imbedded ll In Its walls cannon balls fired during the siege siebe of and pre Iou to the url of Corn Treaty Tree Iree 1 ree near Ind sole un sur or h or of a n v gr vc ye In Gen William 1 Henry n held Id a n council with the great grent Indian duet Tecumseh Au August ut I 12 IG 16 1810 1310 s Bar nar Tree on I none JonI S creel creek a small tributary of the lie W au autauga autauga In eastern Tennessee which while still standing b bre re rc the ln ln- ln lion caned I li ly J the noted r rD D D noon Boon enter A if B tB n on this tree year liGO Daniel Judgment Tree an elm nt at I l emme emine Osage about fifty 0 five miles west of St I T oula on n a farm Corm was part of the lie land tilled by byI I 1 his Missouri In It Is s I named from Crom tl ll c e fact U tI at lie Br crone one h ld Id curt c art urt under It dur durIng lug 1111 tl II tie e a hot lint di 11 I w s of summer hummer Tol n Brown s Tree n a n bite oat Il near nr lam I al Conn under ho branches es Jfhn Jun Brown of and harpers s I l cm errs fume Cume pin played a as asa asa n a chill lill 1 calling It my tree and rl cc re It every cry e ery time I Ie e returned d to the ancestral I 1 ome In Conned kut-It kut It t Is IJ also called culled the Council lounell tree free of Its use fr fr r tint purpose hy by Ins of that Morse I Im In W D U C for Cor Samuel 1 l Ii B I Morse In mentor of the telegraph who lio often lit cut beneath It and related to interest interested Interested ed listeners the won lers of the tt-Ie tt kralli h Standing nt at the corner comer of I n a and i I II et tills this elm hid looked do down don n upon n esery eHry e cry Inaugural parade that I had bat e er e er been held In la the capitolI capital capitol I Tree Tre That Thai Owns Itself elf It lf an no oak In Ga Ca which owns the land landon landon landon on which It stands through a deed deell made by Dr Wr W W II H Jackson a n mem member member ber of the lie faculty of the University of 0 Georgia when mho opening of n a ostreet street treet through that land threatened Its destruction the Seville Tree In W Waterloo N V Y When hen Wiburn J burn Johnson enlisted In the Union army In be he hung his sc cJ the In a n crotch of ot n a small tr tree tre tobe tobe to be left there until his return lIe was killed In battle nn and J the tree In Its growth enveloped eloped the tha scythe un an until now V It Is firmly embed embedded lied In the trunk with only the point showing W esley Oak OaL on St SL Simon Simons s Island Go Ca Under this tree both John and Charles Charle Wesley Weslei founders of the I t church In preached their first sermons on this continent 1 Webster ebster Tree near Franklin II I On this tills tree Daniel Webster hun hung his scythe ti hen hen he lie decided to go to Dartmouth college and the path from this tree led W Webster ebster to congress and to the of the secretary of state lIe never ne reached the Presidency hut ha huIe Il I c t twice tIce Ice refuse I 1 1 the nomination for for Ice president and In both cases the held of the ticket on which I Ie e would base ha e teen I een elected died lied In once office Council Oak In Sioux City Iowa beneath which lewis levels ls e and Clark and held one of their first councils with the Indians after otter leov leav leovIn leavIn In St LouisI Louis I 1 attic aUle Ground Oak at Guilford Court House Is C also called the I II erty Trie It on the bat battie tic ground of Court House fOl fought ht March 15 Ij 1781 liSl the battle that won on the rl resolution since Cornwall I I coly co lI Ictor there thue le Ie lej J directly to 1 orUo n and ond his Ills surrender I nl al Greene Is said t ti lase lia ha e tied his horse hore to tn this tills tree during luring the ba tiei tie i Kentucky Coffee Tree In front of the er 1 I mansion at I 1 illon ill ion Oil on Hudson occupied I ly y I tell ben during the re resolution the first meting of the time of the In as stas held under tl Is tree I The Re he- Oak nt at 1 I Calif mirk In lag the spot where I ere In 1837 1531 the first settlers camped In the I onion monn n Abraham braham Lincoln free In Decon h Fm Iowa a n 1 I r by y I 1 Inn In memory of the mart red redI I 1 resident on April 27 7 ISO the day such I Ich the tho gO governor of Iowa lown had I designated as n a day lIny of mourning for Lincoln fhe rue tree Is IJ now feet forI I high and nearly I 12 feet around |