Cart War Oak LbNA #68077
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Location: | Angel Of Goliad Trail |
| City: | Goliad |
| County: | Goliad |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Yertle |
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| Last found: | Jan 28, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jan 27, 2015 |
*** Part of my Famous Trees Of TX Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 0.5 mile RT)
Recommended Ink: 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 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
After the war with Mexico, Texan teamsters who had been hauling freight from the port at Indianola to San Antonio and other interior towns became increasingly bitter toward competing Mexican cartmen who charged much lower rates and were driving the Texans out of business. In 1857 "cart-cutters" began killing and robbing the Mexican cartmen until an outraged local citizenry and “Judge Lynch” put a stop to it. This giant live oak was the site of the court sessions and its huge horizontal limbs served as a ready-made gallows. It eventually came to be called the Cart War Oak and can be seen by the County Courthouse near the Angel Of Goliad Trail, where this letterbox resides.
Directions:
From Hwy 59 go south on Market St for 2 blocks to N. Courthouse Square, turn right and park by Cart War Oak (also known as Hanging Tree) on the left. For the letterbox, drive back to Market Street and turn right to Fannin St. Jog left then right by the courthouse annex to the end and park by the Angel Of Goliad Trail.
Clues:
Walk down wood walkway to beginning of asphalt path and go on it across a bridge, then across another wood walkway to a road. Go right and follow path as it bends left then goes right to another wood walkway. Go down this walkway to end and go right at 225 degrees for 20 steps to a sign for prickly pear cactus next to small tree. LB is at back base under rocks. Please replace as described and be discreet.
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 0.5 mile RT)
Recommended Ink: 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 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
After the war with Mexico, Texan teamsters who had been hauling freight from the port at Indianola to San Antonio and other interior towns became increasingly bitter toward competing Mexican cartmen who charged much lower rates and were driving the Texans out of business. In 1857 "cart-cutters" began killing and robbing the Mexican cartmen until an outraged local citizenry and “Judge Lynch” put a stop to it. This giant live oak was the site of the court sessions and its huge horizontal limbs served as a ready-made gallows. It eventually came to be called the Cart War Oak and can be seen by the County Courthouse near the Angel Of Goliad Trail, where this letterbox resides.
Directions:
From Hwy 59 go south on Market St for 2 blocks to N. Courthouse Square, turn right and park by Cart War Oak (also known as Hanging Tree) on the left. For the letterbox, drive back to Market Street and turn right to Fannin St. Jog left then right by the courthouse annex to the end and park by the Angel Of Goliad Trail.
Clues:
Walk down wood walkway to beginning of asphalt path and go on it across a bridge, then across another wood walkway to a road. Go right and follow path as it bends left then goes right to another wood walkway. Go down this walkway to end and go right at 225 degrees for 20 steps to a sign for prickly pear cactus next to small tree. LB is at back base under rocks. Please replace as described and be discreet.