Posted on: December 31st, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Robinia pseudoacacia
James and Elizabeth Baker were among the first Oregon Trail emigrants to settle in Eastern Oregon. They traveled from Iowa in 1862 and were one of the original five families to settle in what is now the city of La Grande. Most of La Grande was treeless prairie when they arrived. James Baker was known as a horticulturalist and planted many of the first trees in the community. Elizabeth …
Posted on: December 31st, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Juglans nigra
This black walnut was planted c. 1884 by the Zimmerman family who were prominent members of the Aurora Colony. Early Aurora settlers were talented and industrious. Their products gained a wide reputation for excellence during the early days of Willamette Valley settlement. As a carpenter, Christian Zimmerman helped build the village and likely planted the tree and others like it for the valuable hardwood.
Tree Facts
Height: 70 ft
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Posted on: December 31st, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Populus tremuloides
The carvings on the trees in this aspen grove are called “arborglyphs.” Most of the arborglyphs here were carved by Basque sheepherders who worked the top of the Steens Mountain in the early-to-middle 20th century. These historic carvings were lightly carved into the bark to make notes about the sheep, leave drawings, or as a means of letting one another know who had passed by each place.
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Posted on: December 31st, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Mixed species grove
This grove of mixed trees species was started as a memorial for Oregon members of the 10th Mountain Division who fought in Italy during WWII. They were the only US Army Division trained in mountain warfare and were trained to fight on skis. In 1996 the first tree in this memorial grove was planted. The grove is maintained by decedents and discharged members of the 10th Mountain Division.
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Posted on: December 31st, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Sequoiadendron giganteum
James Withycombe served as Oregon’s governor from 1914 until his death in 1919. He was one of only two foreign-born Oregon governors. Born in Tavistock, England, he came to Oregon with his parents in 1871 at 17 years of age. He purchased a farm two years later and married Isabel Carpenter on June 5, 1975. He planted this sequoia in their wedding day. Governor Withycombe was known for his …
Posted on: December 31st, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Juglans nigra
In 1863, on this site, Robert Vinton Beall, an Oregon Trail pioneer and relative to four Maryland governors, built one of the first frame buildings in Jackson County, a Gothic Revival house that is listed on the National Historic Register. Beall and his brother Thomas were eventually to become Jackson County’s most prosperous farmers. In 1864, Robert Beall planted this Illinois black walnut to commemorate his marriage to Ann …
Posted on: December 12th, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Sequoiadendron giganteum
These trees were planted by homesteader John R. Porter (1827-1886) in 1880. The 3-year-old seedlings were brought from California and planted to enhance the entrance to the 1873 courthouse.
Tree Facts
Approx. height: 150ft
Age at dedication: 120 years
Date of dedication: April 11, 1997
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Location: Washington County Courthouse, 1st Ave & Main Street, Hillsboro
Posted on: December 12th, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Sequoia giganteum
On March 22, 1862, the day of his son Emil’s birth, Peter Britt planted this giant sequoia by his home. Britt was a pioneer photographer, skilled horticulturalist, and leader in Southern Oregon’s lucrative fruit industry. From its vantage point, this majestic tree has witnessed the unfolding of Jacksonville’s rich history — the gold rush prosperity of the mid 1800s, the decline at the turn of the century and the …
Posted on: March 29th, 2024 in Heritage Tree Details |
Abies grandis: Grand fir
The giant grand fir along this trail is the centerpiece of several trees already large in 1939 when Northrup Creek Forest Grassland was dedicated by Governor Charles Sprague. Sprague also initiated the Forest Acquisition Act encouraging counties to deed foreclosed lands to the State Board of Forestry to build a sustained revenue stream for the counties. Through efforts by Judge Guy Boyington, Clatsop County became the first …
Posted on: April 24th, 2023 in Heritage Tree Details |
Picea sitchensis
This Sitka spruce, spared by early loggers, stood over Water Street in the township of West Yaquina, now a ghost town. The community was platted in the 1800s after the Oregon Pacific Railroad terminated across the bay in Yaquina City. With a railroad and seaport, Yaquina Bay competed with Portland for San Francisco’s shipping commerce. This tree witnessed the boom and bust of Oregon’s early shipping industry.
Tree Facts
Height: 158′
Circumference: …
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