Living Heritage Tree Museum

The Living Heritage Tree Museum is located in the city of Storm Lake, Iowa, US. It is an open-air museum dedicated to heritage trees, situated in Sunset Park on West Lake Shore Drive.[1] It was founded by Stan Lemaster and Theodore Klein.[2] The museum collection includes descendants of trees with historical connections to Joan of Arc, Johnny Appleseed, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[3]

About

The Living Heritage Tree Museum contains the following trees:

  • Alex Haley Silver Maple: Grown from a seed from the home of Alex Haley's grandparents.
  • American Sycamore Moon Tree: Grown from a Sycamore seed carried in Apollo 14's Command Module by Stuart Roosa, which circled the moon and returned.
  • Ann Rutledge Maple: Descended from a tree that shades Ann Rutledge's grave.
  • Basking Ridge Oak: The parent of this tree is nearly 400 years old.
  • Buffalo Bill Cottonwood: Seed taken from Klein Nursery.
  • Bunker Hill Oak: Descended from a tree on the famous Bunker Hill.
  • Charter Oak: Taken from Hartford, Connecticut.
  • Chuck Yeager Butternut: Seedling taken from a tree from Chuck Yeager's childhood home.
  • Colonel Sanders Ash: From Sanders' home in Kentucky.
  • General Ben Butler Maple: From Butler's home in Kentucky.
  • General Sherman Maple: From Fort Duffield, near West Point Academy.
  • George Rogers Clark Kentucky Coffee Tree: Descended of the Kentucky state tree.
  • George Washington Sycamore: Descended from the tree that stood near Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains.
  • George Washington Walnut Tree: Descended from the tree visited by Washington after the Battle of Springfield.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Ash Tree: Seedling taken from the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • Henry Clay Ginko Tree: From a tree planted by Henry Clay Ginko.
  • Isaac Newton Apple: Descended from the apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton to formulate the theory of gravity.
  • James Witcomb Riley Maple: From the home of James Witcomb Riley.
  • Jefferson, Iowa Council Oak Tree: Seed taken from the only tree in Jefferson, Iowa in 1854.
  • Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree: From an original tree planted by Johnny Appleseed.
  • Lincoln White Oak: From an Oak in Albion Illinois.
  • Lindbergh Crab Apple: From the home of Charles A. Lindbergh.
  • Little House Cottonwood: Seed taken from the homestead of Charles Ingalls.
  • Ming Dynasty Cypress: From a Ming pagoda garden.
  • Olympic German Pin Oak: From a tree given as a gift during the 1936 Olympics
  • Original Delicious Apple: From the first tree to grow delicious apples.
  • Peter Gideon Original Wealthy Apple: Developed by Peter Gideon to withstand the cold.
  • Rockefeller Oak: Descended from the "Great White Oak" in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • Sargent Alvin York Linden Tree: Seeds taken from Linden's farm at Pell Mall, Tennessee.
  • Society of Separatists Zoar Apple Tree: From an apple tree brought to America from Germany in 1817.
  • Sugar Maple From The Sacred Grove: The parent of this tree is over 200 years old.
  • Theodore Klein Flowering Crab: Dedicated to Theodore Klein and Stan Lemaster, founders of the Living Heritage Tree Museum.
  • Ulysses S. Grant Gum: From the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Ulysses S. Grant Maple: From the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Versailles Chestnut: From the site where the treaty to end World War I was signed.
  • Village Blacksmith Chestnut: Descended from the tree mentioned in "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree."
  • Wright Brothers Walnut: Grown from a walnut the Wright Brothers planted on the location of their first flight.
  • Wye Oak: From the largest Wye Oak in the United States.
  • Zollie Oak Tree: Descended from an oak that marks a mass grave of Confederate soldiers.

References
  1. "Living Heritage Tree Museum - Storm Lake, IA". waymarking.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. Jones, Eric; Coffey, Dan; Thorkelson, Berit (10 November 2009). Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Globe Pequot. pp. 195, 196–. ISBN 978-0-7627-5419-9. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. Rice, Lauren R. (28 November 2011). Explorer's Guide Iowa. The Countryman Press. pp. 497–. ISBN 978-1-58157-824-9. Retrieved 30 June 2012.


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