Neat! There are remnants of stone walls above tree line in Colorado which I read are ancient structures built to funnel wildlife for hunting. Some might be thousands of years old.
It's an interesting theory but I think you may be overestimating the age of the trees. I've got maples on my property that I know for a fact are only about 30 years old and I can't get my arms around the trunks.
On our family property in the Ozarks there were two of these trees that paralleled what later became the wagon trail that was the Trail of Tears. They were both just down the slope from where the wagon trail went on the top of the ridge. I guess when you are traveling on foot it's better to keep on the south side of the ridge. Keeps you out of the north wind.
doubtful the primitive tribes had the capacity to plan long term like this. More likely something like another tree fell on the sapling and then it grew up after having been pushed horizontal.
Yes, because we all know bonsai trees were only recently discovered by the more developed society. Your understanding of the word “primitive” is in itself, primitive. The natives themselves have confirmed the existence of these trees. However, not ALL bent trees are from human intervention or legit markers. They had requirements & then were asked to be confirmed as official markers by some tribes.
dog whistle much? The native tribes and nations definitely planned long term. Off the top of my head are the prescribed burns they did to create fertile growing lands, and the crop rotation.
Indians did mark some of their trails with bent trees. But vast majority of those trees are long gone. And in forests, larger older trees frequently fall on small saplings. The saplings continue to grow even though bent down. I believe, vast majority of these “trail marker” trees are from natural occurring trees falling or dropping large branches on small saplings. This happens all the time.
Thank you for posting! I've never heard of this before!
I found one last year near Baraboo, WI.
Neat! There are remnants of stone walls above tree line in Colorado which I read are ancient structures built to funnel wildlife for hunting. Some might be thousands of years old.
It would be sweet to have an online map which shows the location/direction of the official trail marker trees.
It's an interesting theory but I think you may be overestimating the age of the trees. I've got maples on my property that I know for a fact are only about 30 years old and I can't get my arms around the trunks.
Even at 200 years which sounds unlikely, not anything to do with the natives.
On our family property in the Ozarks there were two of these trees that paralleled what later became the wagon trail that was the Trail of Tears. They were both just down the slope from where the wagon trail went on the top of the ridge. I guess when you are traveling on foot it's better to keep on the south side of the ridge. Keeps you out of the north wind.
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doubtful the primitive tribes had the capacity to plan long term like this. More likely something like another tree fell on the sapling and then it grew up after having been pushed horizontal.
Yes, because we all know bonsai trees were only recently discovered by the more developed society.
Your understanding of the word “primitive” is in itself, primitive.
The natives themselves have confirmed the existence of these trees.
However, not ALL bent trees are from human intervention or legit markers. They had requirements & then were asked to be confirmed as official markers by some tribes.
dog whistle much? The native tribes and nations definitely planned long term. Off the top of my head are the prescribed burns they did to create fertile growing lands, and the crop rotation.
Indians did mark some of their trails with bent trees.
But vast majority of those trees are long gone.
And in forests, larger older trees frequently fall on small saplings. The saplings continue to grow even though bent down. I believe, vast majority of these “trail marker” trees are from natural occurring trees falling or dropping large branches on small saplings. This happens all the time.
Trees are nowhere near old enough to be from the Indian era of the early colonial days
Not true!