Twin Oaks LbNA #73343
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Sep 7, 2018 |
| Location: | Oak Wood Cemetery |
| City: | Hamilton |
| County: | Hamilton |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Sep 19, 2018 |
*** Part of my Famous Trees Of TX Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 20 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: green & brown
Status: alive
Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 (and updated in 2015) by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
On Christmas Eve, 1866, William Willis was attacked by a group of Indians and he used these trees as cover while he shot the chief to end the attack. William was mortally wounded and his was the last death caused by Indians in Hamilton County. You can find this box not too far from the trees at Oak Wood Cemetery.
Directions:
To see the tree, from Hwy 281 go east on Baker St to property at 222 and view from road. For the box, go north on Hwy 281 for 1.5 miles and turn into first entrance of Oak Wood Cemetery and park where road bends left.
Clues:
Walk 10 steps behind Obannon stone to multi-trunk cedar tree. LB is within trunks under a rock and needles.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 20 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: green & brown
Status: alive
Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 (and updated in 2015) by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
On Christmas Eve, 1866, William Willis was attacked by a group of Indians and he used these trees as cover while he shot the chief to end the attack. William was mortally wounded and his was the last death caused by Indians in Hamilton County. You can find this box not too far from the trees at Oak Wood Cemetery.
Directions:
To see the tree, from Hwy 281 go east on Baker St to property at 222 and view from road. For the box, go north on Hwy 281 for 1.5 miles and turn into first entrance of Oak Wood Cemetery and park where road bends left.
Clues:
Walk 10 steps behind Obannon stone to multi-trunk cedar tree. LB is within trunks under a rock and needles.
Hike length: 0.1 miles