HONORABLE MENTION 



THE MONUMENT TREE OF 

 COBLESKILL 



THE PIONEER ELM 



By Mrs. Stanton F\ 



it Grand St., CobleskUl 



There was a massacre of soldiers by the 

 Indians under the leadership of Brant the 

 famous Indian chief, June I, 1778, and 2-, 

 bodies were thrown into the pond beside which 

 the elm stands. 



//. Manning, Ballston Spa. 



Near this elm stood the log cabin of Michael 



and Patrick McDonald, first white settlers in 

 Saratoga County 1763. Wherein 1767 rested 

 Sir William Johnson when as an invalid his 

 faithful Mohawks patiently bore him over tin- 

 trail to Ballston Springs. 



WASHINGTON'S 

 HEADQUARTERS TREE 



THE COUNCIL .MAPLE 



Bij Edith K. II, aid, 4J5 W. uolh St.. .V. Y. C. 



This tree is located at Pauling, Xew York, 

 on the spot where Washington's headquarters 

 were established September 1 2 to November 27. 

 1878, while the Continental army was camped 

 nearby, 



Bu E.C. Haddock, 259 Elbermarl, St. Rochester 



Located on the old Hutchinson estate, 

 C ayuga Lake near Cayuga. It is said Indians 

 held their conferences under this tree. Many 

 arrow heads have been dug up in that immedi- 

 ate neighborhood. 



