The Jasper, Ga.-based nonprofit Mountain Stewards has been compiling a database of the trees since 2007, documenting about 1,850 Indian marker trees in 39 states.

Native Americans bent trees to create trail markers, ... who helps map these trees as part of the Trail Tree Project, told Indian Country Today Media Network.

The Jasper, Ga.-based nonprofit Mountain Stewards has been compiling a database of the trees since 2007, documenting about 1,850 Indian marker trees in 39 states.

It, like numerous others across the country known as Indian marker trees or trail trees, was bent in its youth by American Indians to indicate such things as a trail or a low-water creek crossing.

It, like numerous others across the country known as Indian marker trees or trail trees, was bent in its youth by American Indians to indicate such things as a trail or a low-water creek crossing.

“It’s educating children about American Indian history, and maybe they will study more,” he said. At the Roosevelt University campus in Schaumburg, Downes crafted a trail-marker tree that ...

New Jersey native Anna Maria Caldara, an award-winning author, artist, and activist with a deep interest in history and nature will speak on Indian Trail Trees on Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at ...

However, if you come across a bent tree in the woods on your voyage, don't just assume that you're looking at some kind of natural aberration or a sickly piece of timber. Instead, look at where it ...

The Indian Trail Tree in Southport is believed by some to be 800 year old. Scott Len, city of Southport One of North Carolina’s quirkiest legends - about a tree with two trunks reputed to be 800 ...

DALLAS — The pecan tree, more than 300 years old, stands out from the others in a... DALLAS — The pecan tree ... Bent on preserving trail trees ...

The Jasper, Ga.-based nonprofit Mountain Stewards has been compiling a database of the trees since 2007, documenting about 1,850 Indian marker trees in 39 states.