Parson Smith Tree
The Parson Smith Tree is a historic tree in the Okanogan National Forest in Okanogan County, Washington, located 19 feet (5.8 m) south of the Canada–US border. In 1886, prospector and trapper Alfred L. (Parson) Smith passed the tree during a trek through the wilderness. Smith stopped to carve the following poem into the tree: I have roamed in foreign parts my boys, And many lands have seen, But Columbia is my idol yet Of all lands, she is Queen. The tree was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.
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Parson Smith Tree
The Parson Smith Tree is a historic tree in the Okanogan National Forest in Okanogan County, Washington, located 19 feet (5.8 m) south of the Canada–US border. In 1886, prospector and trapper Alfred L. (Parson) Smith passed the tree during a trek through the wilderness. Smith stopped to carve the following poem into the tree: I have roamed in foreign parts my boys, And many lands have seen, But Columbia is my idol yet Of all lands, she is Queen. The tree was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.
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