Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, General Sherman Maple

Located in Storm Lake, Iowa's Sunset Park is the Living Heritage Tree Museum. These trees are descendants of trees with historical connections. The original or grand patriarch/grand matriarch trees were owned by historically famous people others were present during an important historical event in United States past.

This is the General Sherman Maple:

Audio file:
General Sherman Maple

Web site:
Introduction
Virtual Tour

Previous articles in the series:
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Introduction
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Alex Haley Silver Maple
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, American Sycamore Moon
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Ann Rutledge Maple
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Basking Ridge Oak
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Buffalo Bill Cottonwood
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Bunker Hill Oak
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Charter Oak

Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Chuck Yeager Butternut
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, Colonel Sander Ash
Storm Lake, Iowa: Living Heritage Tree Museum, General Ben Butler Maple