Jan 15, 2025
This massive White Oak, Quercus alba, is located atop the Harriman Cemetery Hill, just below the Walden Ridge. The town of Harriman was founded in 1891, but the 193-inch circumference of the oak testifies to its position long before the town’s recognition. The old...
Nov 27, 2018
In what is now Centennial Park in Nashville stood this large Bur Oak that dated back to Revolutionary times. The tree and the Cockrill Spring marked the northern terminus of the original Natchez Trace and many travelers of the Trace reportedly rested under the shade...
Nov 27, 2018
Under this White Oak in 1772, Col. Jacob Brown signed a treaty with Oconostota and other Cherokee chiefs for tracts of land along the Nolichucky River. Col. Brown was a trader, store owner, smithy, soldier and founder of the Nolichucky settlement that united with...
Jan 17, 2018
Perhaps one of the best-known trees of Tennessee, this beech famously features Daniel Boone’s carving: “D. Boon cilled a bar in year 1760”. The tree stood on a knoll east of the campsite of the first white settler in Tennessee, William Bean, and was also used as...
Jan 17, 2018
Quercus alba This magnificent white oak stood in the DeFriece City Park in Bristol and was alive in 1814 when James King bought the property from Evan Shelby, a major during the Revolutionary War. The Reverend James King developed the land as a plantation and left...
Jan 17, 2018
Ulmus americana This venerable old elm on the banks of the north fork of the Holston River became one of the most famous trees in Tennessee. It stood throughout the early history of the state and witnessed the struggle for statehood from Virginia and North Carolina....
Jan 17, 2018
Quercus alba In December 1866, Fredrick Emert purchased 337 acres of land on the headwaters of Walden’s Creek in Sevier County, Tennessee, on the courthouse steps at auction. The deed of Fredrick Emert describes the property as “Beginning at a small white oak and...
Jan 17, 2018
In the late 18th century, the Cherokees operated a tollgate near this large oak. Travelers between the Watauga Settlements in Upper East Tennessee and the Cumberland Settlements in Middle Tennessee paid tribute to pass along this path. Under the agreement of the...
Jan 17, 2018
Ulmus americana Standing near the corners of three counties in the Trigonia community of southwestern Blount County, the massive American elm shaded almost a half-acre of land. It was over 160 feet tall, had a crown spread of 147 feet, and was a impressive 24 feet, 7...
