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.

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.

Hundreds of years ago, Trail Marker Trees were prevalent throughout the North Shore." However, in Winnetka, the last ...

The Indian Trail Tree is distinctly identified by its massive ... According to a historical marker placed on the Southport tree, it is believed that American Indians may have encountered the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Dennis Downes of Antioch talks about his bronze sculpture called “Trail Marker Tree” in his home in 2014. Sun-Times file Share When Dennis Downes was 12 ...

Downes’ signature project was seeking, researching and sculpting a series of Trail Marker Trees, recreations of actual trees used by native North Americans as a navigational system ...