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Trail Tree
Posted on September 23, 2021 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
Categories: A story to share
 
I was reading back through the archives on Sunday morning.  I don't want to repeat myself, so I check them occasionally.  Truth is, I enjoy reading back through older blog posts.  
 
I wrote about this tree back in 2017, and I said it is an Indian Trail Tree.  In that blog I hyperlinked The Trail Tree Project.  Well, I clicked on the link, and  The Trail Tree Project  is still a working site.  So I submitted this picture to them, and I got back a response that same afternoon.  Here's the response:
 
Your tree is what we refer to as a Descendant Marker Tree.  It is marking the grave of someone of Indian heritage several generations after the original Indians departed.  These trees being younger don't go into the database.  Don
 
I kinda wish he had commented on my cool picture with the sunlight filtering through the trees, but...anyway,
 
I still find it very interesting, even though my original post was wrong.  We all get to learn something new every day, if we just ask the right questions.  
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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