FAMOUS TREES 11 



County. Pa., is close to the house occupied by General Lafayette 

 as his headquarters before the Battle of the Brandywine, September 

 10 and 11. 1T7T. 



Trees intimately associated with other famous people include the 

 following: 



CALIFORNIA 



Sir Joseph Hooker Oak. at Chico, named for the famous English 

 botanist, who pronounced it ''the largest oak in the world.'" In 

 reality it is only among the largest. (See Trees notable for unusual 

 size or age, p. 69.) 



Kit Carson Tree (juniper), which stood at the summit of Carson 

 Pass over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This tree has been cut 

 down, but the section bearing Carson's name is preserved at Sutter's 

 Fort. Sacramento. Kit Carson. American hunter and scout, accom- 

 panied John C. Fremont on expeditions, took part in the Mexican 

 War, and as Indian agent for many years at Taos. X. Mex., exercised 

 a restraining influence over the warlike Apaches and other tribes. 

 During the Civil War he rendered valuable aid to the Federal cause 

 in the Southwest. Often called "the Xestor of the Rocky Mountains." 

 Kit Carson occupied, in the later period of American pioneer history, 

 a position somewhat similar to that held by Daniel Boone earlier, 

 as the typical frontier hero and Indian fighter. 



The Peter Lassen Pine, about 5 miles southeast of Susanville, 

 close to which, the story goes, Peter Lassen was killed by Indians, 



CONNECTICUT 



Calhoun Elm, Litchfield. John C. Calhoun. South Carolina states- 

 man, planted this tree on Prospect Street, when he was a student at 

 the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the United States. 



Colvorcoresses Oak. Litchfield. This tree was planted in East Park 

 in commemoration of the return of Rear Admiral George P. Col- 

 vorcoresses from the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1. 1898). where 

 he was executive officer on Admiral Dewey's flagship. 



Sarah Whitman Hooker Elm. West Hartford. This elm was 

 planted in front of the house which came into possession of the 

 Hookers in 1773, by a slave of the Hooker family who was later 

 given his freedom. It is one of the largest elms in the State. 



Xapoleon Willow Grandchild. Fairfield. A Avillow, which became 

 a favorite of Napoleon, had been planted on St. Helena by the 

 governor of the island. Captain Sheffield, of Fairfield, once visited 

 St. Helena and brought home several willow cuttings. One grew 

 into a beautiful big tree but was blown down in a thunderstorm in 

 1901. The present willow came from a cutting of the Sheffield tree 

 and is therefore a grandchild of the St. Helena willow. It stands on 

 the property of Egbert Hadley. Harbor Road, Southport. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



The Cameron Elm. an American elm. south of the House wing of 

 the United States Capitol, named for United States Senator Cameron, 

 who pleaded for its life when it was about to be removed in the 

 laying of the curb (fig. 7). 



