Choctaw Robinson Oak LbNA #73346
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Sep 7, 2018 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Gustine |
| County: | Comanche |
| 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)
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.
William Robinson was noted for his long sermons, which more often than not lasted three or four hours. He earned the nickname “Choctaw” while serving as a volunteer chaplain at Camp Colorado, in Coleman County. Some Choctaw Indians, invited to attend one of his services, sat patiently for a long time but finally withdrew one by one. When the chief was asked the next morning why he and his braves had left so early, his reply was, “White man talk too long!” In his late years Robinson shrewdly chose a place to preach where he was sure to have an audience. He would ride up to a certain forked oak in Hazel Dell, lay his rifle in the crotch of the tree and begin preaching. Besides affording shade, the tree stood opposite a saloon, store, and the post office, so Robinson was always assured of an audience. This tree later came to be known as the Choctaw Robinson Oak and you can find this box behind it.
Directions:
From TX 36 go north on FM 1702 for 2.8 miles, then left on FM 591 for 0.2 mile to pullout on right for Choctaw Robinson Oak.
Clues:
Walk behind the tree on right side and LB is at back root under a rock and leaves.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 20 yards RT)
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.
William Robinson was noted for his long sermons, which more often than not lasted three or four hours. He earned the nickname “Choctaw” while serving as a volunteer chaplain at Camp Colorado, in Coleman County. Some Choctaw Indians, invited to attend one of his services, sat patiently for a long time but finally withdrew one by one. When the chief was asked the next morning why he and his braves had left so early, his reply was, “White man talk too long!” In his late years Robinson shrewdly chose a place to preach where he was sure to have an audience. He would ride up to a certain forked oak in Hazel Dell, lay his rifle in the crotch of the tree and begin preaching. Besides affording shade, the tree stood opposite a saloon, store, and the post office, so Robinson was always assured of an audience. This tree later came to be known as the Choctaw Robinson Oak and you can find this box behind it.
Directions:
From TX 36 go north on FM 1702 for 2.8 miles, then left on FM 591 for 0.2 mile to pullout on right for Choctaw Robinson Oak.
Clues:
Walk behind the tree on right side and LB is at back root under a rock and leaves.
Hike length: 0.1 miles