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First Tree Texas High Plains

Panhandle, Carson County

Marker Text

Set front dugout home by Thomas Cree, 1888. Good luck symbol of settlers through drouth, blizzard and heat. Cree's bois d'arc tree died in the 1970s. County residents planted a new tree here in 1990 as a memorial to the area's early pioneers.

Marker Details

Address US 60
Location Description From Panhandle, 5.7 mi. SW on US 60, S side of eastbound lanes, 0.5 mi. W of CR J
Marker # 1878
Dedicated 1963
Size, Type 9" x 14"; 4" x 9"
Code pioneers; botany
Latitude, Longitude 35.310583, -101.461511

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