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This will be a ride along what we believe might be an ancient Native-American trail marked by over a dozen living artifacts! This event which will feature a presentation about Indian Trail Trees by Mountain Stewards member, Bob Gaut, at the historic Lunenburg Schoolhouse will be capped by visits on both ends to the Melbourne History Museum in the morning and the Calico Rock Museum in the afternoon! Historian and EIC/ESC Crew Member, Freda Cruse Hardison will be sharing some stories from the period of the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Trees marks the route of the Trail of Tears traveled by the Benge Detachment and probably others through Izard County during the period. Along the trail, we'll visit the original County Seat of Izard County, Athens, where at least one group of 1500 camped during the Trail of Tears.
We'll start the day at the Melbourne History Museum at 8:30 am!
We'll end the day at the Calico Rock Museum!
Here is a tentative schedule of the event!
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Schedule
Exploring
Izard County's
Trail
of Trees
Road-Trip
Saturday
May 18th,
2013
Tour
Schedule
(Tentative)
8:30
am - 9:15 am
Registration
Location:
Melbourne History Museum
Participants
encouraged to arrive at 8:30am
to
browse this fascinating museum!
9:15
am – 9:30 am
Opening
Presentation
Denny
Elrod & Freda Cruse Hardison
9:30
am – 10:20 am
Along the Rose Trail to Lunenburg
Rose
Trail Tree, “Effigy” Tree, Cooper Valley Tree,
Lunenburg
Community Center (Old Lunenburg
Schoolhouse)
10:30
am- 11:15 am Presentation
on Trail Trees
Bob
Gaut mountainstewards.org
Lunenburg
Schoolhouse
11:15
am – 1:15 pm Lunenburg
to Athens along the
Trail
of
Tears
We'll
view more than ten Trail Trees including the
“Grafted”
White Oaks, the “Dragon” Tree, and the
Ju
awe-inspiring Jumbo Thong Tree!
1:15
pm – 1:30 pm Along
the Boswell Road to Calico
Rock
Participants
are encouraged to browse this amazing new museum!
T-Shirt Prices for Pre-ordering
Exploring
Izard County's
Trail
of Trees
Road-Trip
T-Shirt
Price List
Short-Sleeve
Child
Small to X-Large $14
2X
– 3X $16
Long-Sleeve
All
Sizes $20
Shirts
will be printed on both sides
Front
will feature our unique design by Chris Williams
Back
will feature “explore
izard!” across
the back with web address
Colors
yet to be determined but sure to be cool!
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