Trail Tree
Posted on September 23, 2021 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
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!!!