Grinnell Trees

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Grinnell Trees

Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
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Grinnell’s Trees
OTHER SUBJECTS or BRIEF SUMMARY
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Post title: Grinnell’s Trees...What Tales They Could Tell!

Date published: August 10, 2015

Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2015/08/grinnells-treeswhat-tales-they-could.html

Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2015-08-10 Grinnell Trees

Summary: Kaiser outlines the history of Grinnell’s trees, starting from the introduction of elm seeds by the town’s settlers. Works like Henry Shoemaker Conard’s Our Trees and Ada Park’s Historic Trees of Grinnell are consulted in outlining this history, and Grinnell’s elms, bald cypresses, and plane trees are highlighted in particular. Prominent individual trees in Grinnell are also described in some detail.

1025 First Avenue, Grinnell, IA, USA
1882 Cyclone
Bixby, Amos
Blair Hall, Grinnell College
Bradley, Daniel
Conard, Henry Shoemaker
Fellows, Jesse
Goodnow Hall, Grinnell College
Harnack, Curtis
Herrick, Henderson
Historic Trees of Grinnell by Ada Park, etc.
Lawrence House (Levi House), Grinnell, IA, USA
Merrill Park, Grinnell, IA, USA
Noyce Science Center, Grinnell College
Our Trees by Henry Shoemaker Conard
Park, Ada
Parker, Leonard Fletcher
Pine Tree House, 1128 East Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Ricker, B. J.

See also Coll-023 Row G AV Trees, History of nine historic, old trees in the city of Grinnell

See also 4.4 - Grinnell - Prairie Studies - Our Trees