First Tree
​Texas High Plains

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Marker Text: ​First tree on the Texas High Plains, set in front of dugout home by Thomas Cree, 1888. Good luck symbols of settlers throughout drouth, blizzard and heat (1963)

Additional Plate: Cree's Bois d'Arc tree died in the 1970s. County residents planted a new tree here in 1990 as a memorial to the area's early pioneers.

Marker No: 1878

Aluminum 9 x 14  Subject Marker

Geographic: 35.310669, -101.461456

Location: From Panhandle, take Highway 60 about 4.5 miles southwest (on Highway 60 R.O.W.)