CHAPTER X 



Memorial Trees of Spiegel Grove Lincoln Memorial Tree Gingko 

 Tree at Grant's Tomb Elms Planted by Royalty Plantings by 

 President and Mrs. Harding Lincoln Memorial Grounds Bur- 

 roughs Memorial Forest Tree to Theodore Roosevelt Tree to 

 Quentin Roosevelt Unusual Alumnae Avenue National Farm 

 School Memorial Trees of Philadelphia Tree to "Humanity 

 Martin" New York State Memorial Highway. 



Historic Trees in the Making 



The idea of the tree as one of the most acceptable memorials has 

 developed into the widespread custom of commemorative tree plant- 

 ing. Such memorials may be appropriately described as historic trees 

 in the making. Those planted today, to quote from American For- 

 estry, "will be famous fifty years from now and even more famous 

 in a hundred years." 



Memorial Trees of Spiegel Grove 



Spiegel Grove, Fremont, O., the home of President Rutherford 

 B. Hayes, contains a rare collection of memorial trees, and is, itself, 

 historic ground. It is situated in the old Indian reservation which, 

 long before the Revolution, was established at the lower rapids of 

 the Sandusky River. The Harrison Military Trail of the War of 

 1812, the old French and Indian route from Lake Erie to the Ohio, 

 runs through the grove for half a mile, and the deep ruts made by 

 General Harrison's wagon wheels are said to be still visible. 



The grove occupies part of the site of the free city of the Indian 

 tribe of the Eries, who, three hundred years ago, erected two fortified 

 towns opposite each other, at this point, on the Sandusky. During 

 Revolutionary days, Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton were led pris- 

 oners through the grove, along the old trail, which long before their 

 day, had been trodden by French explorers and missionaries, and 

 which is said to have been the route traveled by more Indian captives 

 than any other trail. 



A number of the trees growing in this historic grove bear the 

 names of Mr. Hayes' distinguished guests. Five immense oaks, under 

 whose shade a table was spread on the occasion of the annual reunion 

 of the 23rd regiment, September 14, 1877, were christened in honor 

 of General Sheridan and four colonels of the regiment, who sat at 

 the table. Other speakers of the day returned in later years, and 

 their memory is similarly perpetuated, as shown by the naming of 

 the McKinley oaks, the Chief Justice White oak, and the Garfield 

 maple. On General Sherman's return from escorting Mr. Hayes and 

 his party to the Pacific Coast, a particularly fine elm was given his 

 name. 



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