Gose Trees
Posted by: 
gparkes
N 33° 14.087 W 097° 35.360
14S E 631433 N 3678202
The trees here are remnants of a hedge row started in 1861.
Waymark Code: WM8NF2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2010
Views: 17
Marker Number: 1198
Index Entry: First United Methodist Church (Decatur)
Address: 402 W. Walnut
City: Decatur
County: Wise
Subject Codes: lumber topics; Botany
Year Marker Erected: 1973
Marker Location: 402 W. Walnut -Decatur
Marker Size: 14" x 24"
Marker Number: 2231
Marker Text:
Remnant of bois d'arc hedge which encircled the log cabin of Stephen M. Gose (1824-77), early justice of the peace, blacksmith, and leader of Methodist church, who came to Texas from Missouri in 1859. The spiny trees, planted 1861, served as a barrier against prowling Indians.
(1973)
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