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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



"HALL OF FAME" FOR TREES 



This sycamore, 

 which was only a 

 sapling during the 

 War of 1812, has 

 been nominated for 

 a place in the Hall 

 of Fame by Mrs. 

 John Locke, of 

 Tiffin, Ohio. The 

 sapling stood just 

 inside Fort Ball 

 and it has been 

 marked by the 

 Dolly Todd Madi- 

 son Chapter of the 

 Daughters of the 



American Revolu- 

 tion. Mrs. C. H. 

 Van Tine's home 

 now stands beside 

 the tree. Just op- 

 posite the syca- 

 more is the site of 

 the home of Gen- 

 eral W. H. Gibson, 

 ividely known as a 

 soldier and orator. 

 Quite near is the 

 monument erected 

 to the soldiers and 

 sailors of the War 

 of 181 2 and the 

 Civil War. 



This tree at Mar- 

 shall, Michigan, has 

 been nominated for a 

 place in the Hall of 

 Fame for trees be- 

 cause it saw the birth 

 of the school system 

 of the State of Michi- 

 gan. The nomination 

 is made by Mrs. James 

 Metcalf Redfield, of 

 La Jolla, California. 



Marking a treaty of 

 peace with Indians long 

 ago this tree has been 

 nominate^ for a place in 

 the Hall of Fame by C. 

 A. Ingraham, of Cam- 

 bridge, New York. It is 

 the Witenagcmot Oak. i<t 

 the town of Schaghti- 

 coke, Rensselaer County, 

 New York. 



