Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-05-10

March IS, 1881, 1.-THE battle that won the Revo-
%lution,' since CORVALLIS costly victory there
led directly to Yorktown and his surrender. Cen
eral Greene is said to have tied his horse to
this tree during the battle.
Kentucky Coffee tree in front of the Yer
Planck mansion at Fishkilfon- Hudson, occupied
by Baron Steuben during the Revolution. The
first meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati
was held under this tree.
Live oak at Pomona, Calf, marking the spot
where In 1887 the first white settlers camped
In the Pomona valley.
Abraham Lincoln tree in DEBORAH, Iowa, a
blackberry planted by Holm Finn In memory or
the martyred President on April n, 1868, the
day which the governor Of Iowa had designated
as a day of mourning for Lincoln. The tree is
now 10 feet high and nearly - feet around.
The Donegal oak at the Donegal church In
| pennsylvania, Here In TIT the congregation
was interrupted by an express rider who reused
the countryside with the information that the
British army under Lord Howe had left New
York to invade Pennsylvania. Tree and church
are in an excellent state Of preservation.
The Bath horse-chestnut near Bath, Pa, given
to Gen. Robert Brown by George Washington
as a token Of friendship. Fruit from this tree,
known as the Friendship tree, has been planted
on the White House grounds and In each state
to establish washington Friendship Groves"
The Brandywine sycamore near the Brandy
wine Baptist church at Chadds Ford, Pa. Under
its wide branches is the stone house used by
General Lafayette as his headquarters before
the Battle of Brandywine in TIT. The French
general was laid under this tree after having
been wounded. and since that time the tree
has been known as the Lafayette camor
'.The Lone Sentinel" a giant cottonwood by
the river bridge In Dodge City, Kan. The tree
was there when the settlers came in, 1871 and
1872. 1t was one of three trees for miles along
the river. This tree is nearly a century old, for
Chief Satanic told the late A. j. Anthony that
his tribe had named it "The Lone Sentinel and
had record Of 1t for years. Tradition has 1t that
several horse thieves were hanged from this tree
and the old cowboys and gunner used to tack
targets on 1t for pistol practice The trunk IL
full of lead.
The General Sherman Sequoia, declared to b.
the Oldest thing now living. 1t was Of gian
= growth at the time of the birth Of Christ, al
: most 1000 years ago. To-day, at an age of mor'
than 1000 years, it has a diameter OF 36h
{ feet and a height of $50 feet. This tree is 10
Gated In Sequoia National park, where 1t stand
T as a memorial to Gen. william Tecumseh' Sher
man as well as the undisputed monarch Of tn
= ages.
The Naturalization tree In Kentucky, q SYN
s boil of the American Spirit of today. Its fam
G rests on its service In connection with Anne
e lcanizing recruits at Camp Zachary Taylor dul
d Ing the recent war. Under its branches thor
n sands of aliens took the oath of allegiance upo
d being mustered into the ranks of the Unite
h States army. On a single day this tree witnesse
the naturalization Of 925 Of these new Amer
cans and saw their salute to the flag of the
new citizenship.
The Lonesome Pine near Tate Springs, Tenn
which was the model for the artist who illu
trated John Fox, Jr.'s Trail of the Loneson
Pine and which has become famous In sor
and story.
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