Hi ya'll. This is Jef at Welch Family Homestead in the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains. This is Cherokee territory and yes, I do believe we have a rare treasure on my mountain.
Now some will debate if the trail trees (marker trees) are real or a myth. There are some discussion about the timing of the Trail of Tears in the late 1830s. A tree would need to be older than that to be considered an authentic marker tree, unless it was bent over by a Native American that avoided the Trail of Tears.
This tree on my farm is much older than that. I estimate between 250 and 300 years old. Regardless, it is a treasure, a rare jewel in the forest that survived the massive timbering in the 1800s that took place in this region of the Appalachian mountains. My farm is not far from the Joyce Kilmer Forest which was preserved in a conservation effort to save some of the virgin forests here.
Nature is patient. And the massive oak trees take time to grow year after year to become this large. It's a healthy tree, and it doesn't show any hollow rot which could compromise its integrity for many more years to come. I will do all possible to protect the forests here and especially this social marker tree.
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