As long ago as 1939, historian Al Barnes mentioned Indian trail marker trees in Traverse City. One of them is near the old courthouse on the corner of Boardman Avenue and Washington Street.

It, like numerous others across the country known as Indian marker trees or trail trees, was bent in its youth by American Indians to indicate such things as a trail or a low-water creek crossing.

It, like numerous others across the country known as Indian marker trees or trail trees, was bent in its youth by American Indians to indicate such things as a trail or a low-water creek crossing.

It, like numerous others across the country known as Indian marker trees or trail trees, was bent in its youth by American Indians to indicate such things as a trail or a low-water creek crossing.

Known as trail trees, these markers were used to designate trails ... who helps map these trees as part of the Trail Tree Project, told Indian Country Today Media Network.

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It, like numerous others across the country known as Indian marker trees or trail trees, was bent in its youth by American Indians to indicate such things as a trail or a low-water creek crossing.