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HISTORIC TREES OF NEW YORK 



Name of Tree Location Historic Connections 



Balm of Gilead Balmville Marked fork in roads, 1640. 



Caledonia Elm Caledonia Marked meeting place of Iroquois on 



Albany-Niagara Trail. 



Canandaigua Balm of 



Gilead Canandaigun From a riding whip planted by Mary 



Kibbe, daughter of a pioneer. One of 

 the largest trees in N. Y. Girth, 28 

 feet. 



Council Elm lohnstown Site of Indian Council, 1772. 



Fort Stanwix Sapling. Rome American ilag first llown from tree, 



1776. 



Gowanda Elm Gowanda New York's largest tree. 



Hitchcock Button- 

 wood Lebanon Springs ... .Sprang from cutting set by Capt. Jas. 



Hitchcock on journey to this place "to 

 drink medicine waters." 



King Philip Oak . .Schaghticoke Associated with King Philip's Wars. 



Lafayette Tree Geneva Spot where Lafayette was welcomed. 



Monument Tree Cobleskill Massacre by Brant, 1778. 



Pioneer Elm Ballston Lake Site of cabin of first white settlers. 



Seythe Tree Schaeffer Farm, 



Seneca county. .. .Contains scythe blade of J. W. John- 

 son of Waterloo, killed in Civil War. 



Sinithfield Presby- 

 terian Oak Srnithfield Service held here by Whitfield, 1770. 



Sir Wm. Johnson 



Walnnt Lake George Johnson made Commandant under tree. 



Tree in Five Placet Stands at corner of Oswego and Cayuga 



counties and at corner of three town- 

 ships. 



Tree of Peace Schaghticoke Planted by Governor Andros and Indian 



Commissioners. 



Twelve Apostles 74th St., Brooklyn. .These trees bear dates cut in 1710. 



White Plains Oak... White Plains Commemorates purchase from Indians. 



White Plains Sycamore Stands near Washington headquarters. 



Washington Tree Pauling Site of Washington headquarters. 



LARGEST TREES OF NEW YORK 



Name and Address Species Circumference 



Charles J. Richards, The Gowanda 



News, Gowanda, N. Y Elm 34 ft, 2 in. 



W. S. Funnel), Editor of Inquirer, 



Hempstead, L. I Cherry 14 ft., 4 in. 



W. G. Markham, Avon, N. Y Elm 18 ft. 



Dr. F. H. Wisewell, Phelps, N. Y Linden 40 ft. (3 trees) 



H. D. Pixley & Son Co., 

 Utica. N. Y Elm 17 ft., 6 in. 



David M. Krick, 414 Plane St., New- 

 ark, N. J. (Stony Brook, N. Y.) White Oak 21 ft., 6 in. 



George Spraggon, 129 Main St., Ge- 

 neva, N. Y Elm 25 ft. (3 in. from 



base) 



H. V. Pratt, Wayland, N. Y. (Tree at 



Italy Hollow) Elm 24 ft., 10 in. 



(3 ft. up) 



Orville B. Ackerly, 243 West 34th 



St., N. Y. C. (Stony Brook Tree) . . .Elm 19 ft.. 7 in. 



