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First Tree |
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Panhandle,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 18' 37.44384000012",
-101° 27' 40.1543899992"
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Texas State Historical Marker |
First tree on the Texas High Plains, set in front of dugout home by Thomas Cree, 1888. Good luck symbols of settlers throughout drouth, blizzard and heat. Cree's bois d'arc tree died in the 1970s. County residents planted a new tree here in 1990 as a memorial to the area's early pioneers.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
First Tree Historical Marker Location Map, Panhandle, Texas
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