Living Heritage Tree Museum Explained
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 and returned.
- 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 Linden'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
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Living Heritage Tree Museum - Storm Lake, IA. waymarking.com. 30 June 2012.
- Book: Jones. Eric. Coffey. Dan. Thorkelson. Berit. Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. 30 June 2012. 10 November 2009. Globe Pequot. 978-0-7627-5419-9. 195, 196–.
- Book: Rice, Lauren R.. Explorer's Guide Iowa. 30 June 2012. 28 November 2011. The Countryman Press. 978-1-58157-824-9. 497–.
