Saturday, October 8, 2011

"Moon Trees" Followup

It turns out that we did have one "Moon Tree" here in Illinois. One was planted at the Siskiyou Smoke Jumpers Base near Illinois Valley in Oregon. We go through there every so often so planned to take a look at it. Unfortunately, it is no more. When the base closed, it and one of its offspring were destroyed accidentally.

Being somewhat of a Route 66 fan, I also found one was planted at Flagstaff Junior High School in Arizona on April 30, 1976. It is still living the last I read about it.

It is a Douglas fir and because of the high altitude has been stunted to only about six feet tall. It overlooks water and has a sign by it.

Also, there are 8 living ones in California, a dead one in New Mexico and live ones in Kansas and Missouri (of the 79 located).

Moon River, Wider Than a Mile. No, Moon Tree, Higher Than Five Feet. --Cooter

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