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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



Uniquely named, this old giant is known as the most 

 famous tree on the Mississippi River. At any rate it is the 

 most iridely known, according to J. D. Barnes, zuho nomi- 

 nates it for a place in the Hall of Fame. Mr. Barnes 

 played with "Willie" Cody and other boys beneath the 

 tree seventy years ago. "Willie" afterwards became known 



"THE GREEN TREE HOTEL" AT LE CLAIRE, IOWA 



to fame as "Buffalo Bill." The tree is known to all river 

 men on the Mississippi because they called it a hotel. 

 When waiting for a job on the river boats the pten made 

 it their headquarters, considering it a good enough hotel 

 for anybody, so widespread were its branches and thick 

 its foliage. 



