The Heritage Tree Project

A unique feature to Trails & Trees is a scale representation of the United States! Strategically placed are over 20 trees that pinpoint a major U.S. city. Most of the trees

come from the Famous and Historic Tree Foundation, which seek to preserve the

environment and teach people about national heritage. While some of the trees’ stories do

not match up with the expected location, nearly every tree has a unique history in

correlation to their map location. Each tree is assigned a number that can be

found on a marker adjacent to every tree and on the map.

Revised Autumn of 2015

Tree #1: Oak – Walden Woods (Boston, Massachusetts)

Tree #2: Red Maple – Minuteman (Concord, Massachusetts)

Tree #3: White Ash – Eleanor Roosevelt (New York City, New York)

Tree #4: Black Locust – Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Tree #5: Tulip Poplar – George Washington (Washington D.C.)

Tree #6: Sycamore – Henry Ford (Detroit, Michigan)

Tree #7: -- (Milwaukie, WI) Tree #8: Apple – Johnny Appleseed (Indianapolis, Indiana)

John Chapman, more well-known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1774. He was a pioneer who sought to introduce and boost up the apple tree population in Ontario, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois.

Tree #9: Cave Bur Oak – Mark Twain (Saint Louis, Missouri)

Tree #10: Tulip Poplar – Sergeant Alvin York (Nashville, Tennessee)

Tree #11: Water Oak – Martin Luther King Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia)

Tree#12: Golden Rain – Williamsburg (Jacksonville, Florida)

Tree #13 & 15: Sycamore – Moon (#13: Houston, Texas; #15: Miami, Florida)

Tree #14: (New Orleans, LA)

Tree #16: Red Oak – Alamo (San Antonio, Texas)

Tree #17: Yellowwood – John F. Kennedy (Dallas, Texas)

Tree #18: Green Ash – Dwight D. Eisenhower (Kansas City, Kansas)

Tree #19: Water Oak – Trails of Tears (Oklahoma City, OK) Tree #20: Cherry – Washington D.C. (San Diego, California)

Tree #21: Cottonwood – Navajo-Apache (Phoenix, Arizona)

Tree #22: Pecan – Indian Marker (El Paso, Texas)

Tree #23: Sycamore – Ellis Island (Los Angeles, California)

Tree #24: Dawn Redwood – (San Francisco, California) Tree #25: Dawn Redwood – (San Jose, California) Tree #26: Chinese Elm -- (Seattle, Washington)Tree #27: Black Walnut – Pony Express (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Tree #28*: English Oak – Robin Hood (Does not represent a city)