Auburn's Trail of Historically Significant Trees

 

This Trail is intended to commemorate individuals and events that are significant in our nation's history.  Its establishment has been a cooperative project of the City of Auburn Tree Commission and the Auburn Parks and Recreation Department, with significant financial support from Dyas Toyota, and other civic-minded groups and individuals.

Most of the trees along the Trail were purchased from American Forests, a national conservation organization, which began several years ago to collect seeds and cuttings from trees of historical significance, to grow them in their nursery, and to make them available for sale to the public. With each tree they provide a "certificate of authenticity" that describes each tree's "parentage" and outlines its particular historical significance.  This text material has been adapted into the plaques that mark each tree on the Trail.

The trees from American Forests have been augmented with four trees of local significance.  These include an offspring of the Toomer's Corner live oak, and seedlings of the southern longleaf pine (the state tree of Alabama), the patriarch of the southern wetlands, the bald cypress and the bedrock of southern country building, the post oak. 

It is our hope that everyone will enjoy this walk through history and nature, and that teachers and school children, particularly, will come to appreciate the linkages between trees and some of our nation's historical events and heroes.

A bench sits along the Historic Tree Trail for quiet reflection amongst trees with historical significance to the United States.
 
One of the many plaques that describe historical significance of the trees planted along the trail.