Pleasant Grove Review | 1948-04-09 | Page 4 | The Broad Arrow |

Type	issue
Date	1948-04-09
Paper	Pleasant Grove Review
Language	eng
City	Pleasant Grove
County	Utah
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator	L. W. Gaisford
ARK	ark:/87278/s6v1661t
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v1661t

Article Title	The Broad Arrow
Type	article
Date	1948-04-09
Paper	Pleasant Grove Review
Language	eng
City	Pleasant Grove
County	Utah
Page	4
Creator	L. W. Gaisford
OCR Text	Show The Broad Arrow In colonial days agents of the British crown searched the New England woods .near the coaot, branding every tree over a certain height and 24 inches diameter at the base with His Majesty's broad arrow. Such trees could be harvested har-vested only for use as masts for the royal navy, and there was penalty of 100 pounds for diversion of the tree to other uses.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v1661t/8822298