Thomas Cree Homesite
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 18.636 W 101° 27.691
14S E 276211 N 3910267
In front of his dugout he planted the tree for his wife.
Waymark Code: WM7C92
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member clayj
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Marker Erected by: Texas Historical Commission.
Date Marker Erected: 1980.
County of Marker: Carson County.
Location of Marker: US-60, roadside turnout, 4½ miles SW of Panhandle.
Pay close attention, if you are coming from the east you cannot see this site It is on the south side of the east bound lanes in a depressed area. There is ample parking, and a good roadside turnout, so driving right up to it is fine. East bound traffic can see the site just fine.

This is one of three markers from different time, all attached together because they all deal with this little tree.

The other two are here: WM7C96 and here: WM7C8W

Marker Number: 5467

Marker Text:
After serving as a teamster in the Civil War (1861-65), Thadium (Thomas) B. Cree worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1888 he and his wife came to the High Plains. They acquired this land and, with no trees for lumber, they built a dugout home. Cree traveled 35 miles at his wife's request to find a sapling and planted it here. He watered it from a nearby lake that he dug from a buffalo wallow. The tree never grew but lived many years despite blizzard, heat, and drought. Gov. John Connally dedicated an historical marker in 1963 to the first tree in the Panhandle.
(1980)
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