Historical Marker

First Tree

Historical marker location:
US 60, Panhandle, Texas
( From Panhandle, take Hwy. 60 about 4.5 miles southwest (on Hwy. 60 R.O.W.))
Marker installed: 1963

First tree on the Texas High Plains, set in front of dugout home by Thomas Cree, 1888. Good luck symbols of settlers throughout 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.

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