Living Heritage Tree Museum

The Living Heritage Tree Museum is located in the city of Storm Lake, Iowa, United States. It is an open-air museum dedicated to heritage trees, situated in Sunset Park on West Lake Shore Drive. ^[1] It was founded by Stan Lemaster and Theodore Klein. ^[2] The museum collection includes descendants of trees with historical connections to Joan of Arc, Johnny Appleseed, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ^[3]

Description

The Living Heritage Tree Museum contains the following trees:

• Alex Haley Silver Maple: Grown from a seed from the home of Alex Haley's grandparents.
• American Sycamore Moon Tree: Grown from a Sycamore seed carried in Apollo 14's Command Module by Stuart Roosa, which circled the Moon 34 times before returning to Earth.
• Ann Rutledge Maple: Descended from a tree that shades Ann Rutledge's grave.
• Basking Ridge Oak: The parent of this tree is nearly 400 years old.
• Buffalo Bill Cottonwood: Seed taken from Klein Nursery.
• Bunker Hill Oak: Descended from a tree on the famous Bunker Hill.
• Charter Oak: Taken from Hartford, Connecticut.
• Chuck Yeager Butternut: Seedling taken from a tree from Chuck Yeager's childhood home.
• Colonel Sanders Ash: From Sanders' home in Kentucky.
• General Ben Butler Maple: From Butler's home in Kentucky.
• General Sherman Maple: From Fort Duffield, near West Point Academy.
• George Rogers Clark Kentucky Coffee Tree: Descended of the Kentucky state tree.
• George Washington Sycamore: Descended from the tree that stood near George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains.
• George Washington Walnut Tree: Descended from the tree visited by Washington after the Battle of Springfield.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe Ash Tree: Seedling taken from the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
• Henry Clay Ginko Tree: From a tree planted by Henry Clay Ginko.
• Isaac Newton Apple: Descended from the apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton to formulate the theory of gravity.
• James Whitcomb Riley Maple: From the home of James Whitcomb Riley.
• Jefferson, Iowa Council Oak Tree: Seed taken from the only tree in Jefferson, Iowa in 1854.
• Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree: From an original tree planted by Johnny Appleseed.
• Lincoln White Oak: From an Oak in Albion Illinois.
• Lindbergh Crab Apple: From the home of Charles A. Lindbergh.
• Little House Cottonwood: Seed taken from the homestead of Charles Ingalls.
• Ming Dynasty Cypress: From a Ming pagoda garden.
• Olympic German Pin Oak: From a tree given as a gift during the 1936 Olympics
• Original Delicious Apple: From the first tree to grow delicious apples.
• Peter Gideon Original Wealthy Apple: Developed by Peter Gideon to withstand the cold.
• Rockefeller Oak: Descended from the "Great White Oak" in Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Sargent Alvin York Linden Tree: Seeds taken from York's farm at Pell Mall, Tennessee.
• Society of Separatists Zoar Apple Tree: From an apple tree brought to America from Germany in 1817.
• Sugar Maple From the Sacred Grove: The parent of this tree is over 200 years old.
• Theodore Klein Flowering Crab: Dedicated to Theodore Klein and Stan Lemaster, founders of the Living Heritage Tree Museum.
• Ulysses S. Grant Gum: From the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant.
• Ulysses S. Grant Maple: From the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant.
• Versailles Chestnut: From the site where the treaty to end World War I was signed.
• Village Blacksmith Chestnut: Descended from the tree mentioned in "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree."
• Wright Brothers Walnut: Grown from a walnut the Wright Brothers planted on the location of their first flight.
• Wye Oak: From the largest Wye Oak in the United States.
• Zollie Oak Tree: Descended from an oak that marks a mass grave of Confederate soldiers.

See also

• List of individual trees

References

1. "Living Heritage Tree Museum - Storm Lake, IA". waymarking.com. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
2. Jones, Eric; Coffey, Dan; Thorkelson, Berit (November 10, 2009). Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. pp. 195, 196–. ISBN   978-0-7627-5419-9 . Retrieved June 30, 2012.
3. Rice, Lauren R. (November 28, 2011). Explorer's Guide Iowa. The Countryman Press. pp. 497–. ISBN   978-1-58157-824-9 . Retrieved June 30, 2012.

External links

• Official website

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