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Noted Iowa elm nominated for Hall of Fame for Trees
Le Claire Iowa November 28 the giant elm known as The Green Tree Hotel has been nominated to the Hall of Fame for Trees by J P Barnes a Civil War veteran. The 120 year old elm sits beside the Mississippi with tracks of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway nearby and a city preserved site under a concrete foundation. Other nominations include the Desoto Oak in Tampa the Octopus tree in Charles City and two oaks at Marlinton West Virginia.
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J.P. Barnes
Barnes
Willie Cody
Buffalo Bill
Mississippi River
Green Tree
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee
J. Collins Warren
Boston
Lexington
Hall of Fame
DeSoto
Tampa
Fla
Mississippi
Charles City
Meade Ferguson
Marlingtown
W. Va
Andrew Lewis
Andrew Price
Balkans
Podoritza
Red Cross