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| This monarch was dedicated to President Theodore Roosevelt during his visit to Big Trees Grove on May 11, 1903. Author's Personal Collection |
The December 13, 1934 Fayette Banner [Fayette, Alabama] made note of a particular tree naming tradition at Big Trees Grove.
"There are several presidential trees in the forest but they are all Republicans. Our present President [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] has been too busy with the 'New Deal' to visit the 'Big Trees.'"
The only tree named for a Roosevelt at Big Trees Grove was the one for President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903.
Not all the presidential trees were named for Republicans. A tree was dedicated to Democratic President Grover Cleveland in 1902. It is uncertain if a tree was ever officially named for Democrat Woodrow Wilson. A 1912 newspaper article stated that "... a few steps more we found fate had charitably reserved a nameless tree to be the Wilson monument." There has been no further mention found of a Wilson Tree.
"There are several presidential trees in the forest but they are all Republicans. Our present President [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] has been too busy with the 'New Deal' to visit the 'Big Trees.'"
The only tree named for a Roosevelt at Big Trees Grove was the one for President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903.
Not all the presidential trees were named for Republicans. A tree was dedicated to Democratic President Grover Cleveland in 1902. It is uncertain if a tree was ever officially named for Democrat Woodrow Wilson. A 1912 newspaper article stated that "... a few steps more we found fate had charitably reserved a nameless tree to be the Wilson monument." There has been no further mention found of a Wilson Tree.
Sources: “Miss Branyon
Describes Recent Western Tour,” by Mattie Ruth Branyon, Fayette
Banner, [Fayette, Alabama], December 13, 1934; "Seeing America," Bedford Gazette [Bedford, Pennsylvania], by Prof. J. Kimber Grimm, November 28, 1912.
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