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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



HALL OF FAME FOR TREES 



77l old Fremont Oak in Alameda, California, 

 has been nominated for a place in the Hall of Fame 

 for Trees of the American Forestry Association. 

 Three-quarters of a century after it had taken its 

 share in the making of California history by pro- 

 viding shelter for Captain John C. Fremont, the 

 old Fremont Oak, Alameda's historical landmark, 

 received under its sheltering boughs another, band 



cause of its many large and beautiful oak trees, 

 iincina being the Spanish name for the California 

 black oak. 



Al C. Benton, superintendent of parks in Ala- 

 meda, estimates that the age of the tree is five hun- 

 dred years, says the Oakland "Tribune." Its trunk 

 is more than ten feet in circumference, and gnarled 

 and twisted with age and almost hollowed out. 



HOY SCOUTS IN CAM I' BENEATH FAMOUS FREMONT OAK. NEAR ALAMEDA, CAL1FORNL 



of uniformed guests. This time, instead of being 

 buckskin clad frontiersmen armed with the long 

 barreled squirrel rifle of J$ years ago. it -was a 

 trimly-dressed band of Alameda Hoy Scouts who 

 were the old oak's guests. The boys were under 

 the leadership of E. Harry Levy. 



The old Fremont Oak is located on the Colin 

 estate, in the cast end of Alameda, and in what 

 was formerly the towp of Fncinal. so named bc- 



The first white possessor of the oak was the 

 famous Peralta family. The Colin family came 

 into possession in the early '50's. 



When Captain Fremont camped under its spread- 

 ing boughs with his force of 62 men. including five 

 Delaware Indians and the redoubtable Kit Carson, 

 the United States and Mexico were on the verge 

 of a war in which California raw to pass out of the 

 hands of the latter forever. 



