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in Texas have historically had a tough time of it. Take East Texas
for example. Texans traditionally think of trees as fence posts in-the-rough.
Who needs trees when you've got a big hat for shade? The best way
to survive as a tree in Texas is to arrange to have some historic
event occur under (or hanging from) your branches.
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Texas
Famous Trees
The
Auction Oaks, Kyle
The
Bandera Tragedy Tree, Camp Verde
The
Baptist Oak, Goliad
The
Brazos County Courthouse Cedar, Bryan
The
Hanging Tree, Coldspring 11-27-07
The
Cowboy Tree, Pleasanton
The
Original (Grafted) Burkett Pecan Tree, Putman -
The source of the Burkett Papershell Pecan
The
County Line Magnolia, East Texas (No photo)
The
Evergreen Oak, Evergreen
The
Fleming Oak of Comanche by Margaret Waring
General
Sam Houston Cypress, East Texas (No photo)
The
Goose Island Oak aka The Big Tree
aka The Bishop's Tree aka The Lamar Oak
The
Hanging Tree, Clarksville
The
Hanging Tree (The Cart War Oak), Goliad
The
Hanging Tree, Hallettsville
The
Hanging Tree, Kyle
The
Hanging Tree of Orange Texas by W. T. Block
The
Hanging Tree, Seguin
The
"Heart of Texas Oak", Center City
The
Hopewell Magnolia, Hopewell
- Texas largest magnolia
The
Masonic Oak, Brazoria County
The
Matrimonial Oak of San Saba County
The
Montezuma Bald Cypress, Abram
The
Muster Oak, La Grange
The
Panna Maria Oaks, Panna Maria
The
Ranger Oaks, Seguin
The
Rio Frio Landmark Oak, Rio Frio
The
Sam Houston Oak, Gonzales by Mike Cox
In the vicinity of the tree on March 14, 1836, Sam Houston and several
hundred Texas citizen-soldiers spent one of the worst nights of
their lives
The
San Saba Mother Pecan (no photo)
Thergood's
Pine, Point Blank (No photo)
Thomas
Cree's Little Tree (No photo)
The
Treaty Oak in Austin
The
Urrea Oaks, Refugio County
The
Wedding Oak, San Saba
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Texas towns that
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Texas Trees Forum
I've been looking
for information on the largest Magnolia tree in the state
of Texas and ran across your article that spoke of a tree
that had fallen victim to a heartless individual that had harmed
the tree in a way that proved fatal. Your article said that the
tree was near the Polk, Liberty, and Hardin county divide. We live
in this area, approximately halfway between the towns of Segno and
Votaw. On our property we have two Magnolias, both having bases
that come close to 9', ...yes nine feet. I would welcome you to
come and verify this. My mood dips everytime I see a large tree
of any kind on the back of a logging truck. I understand that these
people are making a living, but there has to be balance. Many groups
such as Greenpeace, Sierra Club, etc., talk about the South American
rainforest, but we need to look no further than our own back yard
to see "Our Vanishing Wilderness". - A Lover of Natural Texas,
Dan Pope, February 28, 2004
I've been stuck
on your website for hours. ... I live in Mansfield,Texas,
actually about six miles north of old downtown Mansfield. I've lived
here since 1963 in an area that years ago was called the Bisbee
Courts. There are Cottonwood trees that are over 100 feet
tall and have to be at least a couple hundred years old, by far
the largest trees in the whole Fort Worth, Dallas area. ..... The
Bisbee courts was actually a stage coach stop in the old days with
rooms to rent. This place has several water wells and an underground
spring that has ran for years. Rumor has it that Bonnie an Clyde
even stayed here. ..... - David, May 20, 2002
Here's something
for future consideration in your tree section. There's a big live
oak in Huffman (community west of Lake Houston, north
of Crosby) that has some interesting history. The tree is privately
owned, but sits right on the highway (FM 2100) just a few miles
north of FM 1960. The elderly owner has an attractive home and keeps
a wonderful yard, especially his mature azaleas that are a wonderful
backdrop to the stately tree during the spring. There is some apocraphal
legend surrounding the tree. Being that it is actually on one of
the trails probably used from time to time by Jean Lafitte, legend
has it that he buried some gold under its branches. The tree has
been dated at better than 325 years old. Huffman is a community
of some historical significance, but is hard to define as a town.
There is an old town of Huffman, but it is really just a collection
of subdivisions build first for weekend homes, and later as suburbs.
Hence, the place kind of struggles for an identity. The big oak
is the lasting, living symbol of Huffman. The weight of ice during
a storm in 1996 or 1997 caused its huge trunk to split, but the
owner had it repaired with some sort of plaster-like substance.
The Crosby-Huffman Chamber of Commerce 281-328-6984 has some information
on this, as does the Lake Houston Sun newspaper 281-452-0530. -
J. Barnes, Humble, December 29, 2001
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