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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 TreesThe
Auction Oaks, KyleThe
Bandera Tragedy Tree, Camp Verde The
Baptist Oak, Goliad The
Brazos County Courthouse Cedar, BryanThe
Hanging Tree, ColdspringThe
Cowboy Tree, PleasantonThe
Original (Grafted) Burkett Pecan Tree, Putman -
The source of the
Burkett Papershell PecanThe
County Line Magnolia, East Texas (No photo)The
Evergreen Oak, Evergreen The
Fleming Oak of Comanche by Margaret WaringGeneral
Sam Houston Cypress, East Texas (No photo)The
Goose Island Oak aka The Big Tree
aka The Bishop's Tree aka The Lamar OakThe
Hanging Tree, ClarksvilleThe
Hanging Tree (The Cart War Oak), Goliad The
Hanging Tree, HallettsvilleThe
Hanging Tree, Kyle
The Hanging Tree of Orange
Texas by W. T. BlockThe
Hanging Tree, SeguinThe
"Heart of Texas Oak", Center CityThe
Hopewell Magnolia, Hopewell
- Texas largest magnoliaThe
Masonic Oak, Brazoria CountyThe
Matrimonial Oak of San Saba County
The
Montezuma Bald Cypress, AbramThe
Muster Oak, La Grange The
Panna Maria Oaks, Panna Maria The
Ranger Oaks, SeguinThe
Rio Frio Landmark Oak, Rio FrioThe
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 livesThe
San Saba Mother Pecan (no photo) Thergood's
Pine, Point Blank (No photo) Thomas
Cree's Little Tree (No photo)The
Treaty Oak in AustinThe
Urrea Oaks, Refugio County
The
Wedding Oak, San Saba |
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Texas towns that have diverted streets around established trees. |
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, 2004I'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, 2002Here'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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