Hartford's Lone Pine

With its lower branches at least 100 feet from the forest floor, Hartford's Lone Pine is a significant specimen for the Hall of Fame for Trees. Photo Eric Francis, 2008.

Overview

(Pinus strobus)

A Courting Tree

Nat Perry tells us that the tree is a "courting tree." His mother and father, and his uncle and aunt, all visited the tree as a public way to signify the serious nature of their romance.

Haiku

The Main Street Museum visited the tree in the fall of 2008 for a fieldtrip. The following haiku was composed.

All fall—leaves, rain, all.

The sun sinks, the year declines.

Time to see Old Pine.

—D.S.H.

Tree Huggers? At a Museum field trip, members of the Museum and guests circle hands, folllowing tradition of generations of Hartford's school children.