As long as we are on the topic of historical trees I thought I'd share the
following.

If you look at the back of the States Quarter for Connecticut you will see a
large oak tree. It is known as the "Charter Oak" As the story goes, well
before the American revolution the King of England (Charles II) gave a
charter to the people of Connecticut so that they could rule themselves. As
time went on a later King (James II) tried to revoke the charter. They sent
troops to Hartford in order to forcibly retrieve the document. During a
negotiation with the document on the table between the two sides the candles
& lamps suddenly went out, there was a scuffle and when it was over the
charter was missing.

The document had been whisked away and was hidden in the hollow of an
ancient oak tree. 150 years later the tree died and had to come down. The
wood from it was used amongst other things, to build the chair which the
president of the state Senate sits in during sessions in Hartford, It is
very ornately carved and a wonderful addition to the beautiful capital
building we have. There is a myth that by sitting in the chair you can make
a wish come true. When school children tour the capital they are given a
chance to sit in that chair which was made of the wood of the charter oak
tree.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_oak
http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/History/charteroak.htm


On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Cannon, Sheila
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> I know nothing about preservation of trees, but I do have a thought.
> Whatever is made of this tree -- be it tables, boxes, etc. -- I think a
> little metal plate should be attached (as permanently as possible without
> rendering harm to the wood) that informs people from where the wood came,
> i.e. the historical importance.  This would, in decades to come, help to
> preserve the history and, perhaps, add value to the pieces.
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> Debbie:
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> I'm a little irritated.  I live in Nashville and I heard nothing in
> Nashville of the sale of the Ryman flooring as I would have jumped on that.
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> When Clinton was in the White House, some nut landed his small plane on the
> south lawn, crashing into a magnolia tree planted by Andrew Jackson.
> Several large limbs were broken and taken down as a result.  The president
> joked that he was going to enjoy burning the logs in the fireplace smoking
> a
> cigar thinking about Andy one night.  We quickly sent letters asking that
> he
> offer the wood to craftsmen to make things out of the wood and offer them
> for sale.  The wood burned.
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> When the tornadoes came through Nashville in 96 and uprooted hundreds of
> trees at The Hermitage - they collected all of the cedar wood (again,
> planted by Jackson) that they could and offered it to local woodworkers who
> made boxes, pens, all sorts of things that when sold, benefited The
> Hermitage.  I have one of the boxes in my office now.
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> The oldest tree in Tennessee is located in Natchez Trace State Park - a
> pecan tree.  Planted in the mid-1700's they say.  It too is deteriorating
> rapidly.  I looked at it last spring and it is mostly rotted - and imagine
> that this is the case with your tree.  Ask them to try and salvage as much
> of the wood as possible and to make small round tables out of the large
> limbs, make boxes, anything to preserve parts of the tree for posterity.  I
> hope this works for you.
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> A plaque?  It is a good gesture now but in 20 years, no one will care that
> an old tree once stood there.  My opinion only.
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> Good luck
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> Date:    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:47:00 -0500
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> From:    Debbie Wolf <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: OT: Historic Tree Removal
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> "An historic, pre-Civil War tree on our campus is beyond being saved and
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> according to our arborist needs to come down. We would like to
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> memorialize the tree in some way, perhaps placing a plaque in its
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> location."
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> Similar to what others have said:  I have a piece of the original Ryman
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> Theater wood flooring- original home of the Grand Ole Opry - it has a
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> plaque on it describing from whence it came...  I am sure that this
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> memento raised a considerable amount of money to help them renovate.
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> Perhaps you could have the logo or replica of the school building
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