Travel Bug Dog Tag American Chestnut

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, July 23, 2004
Origin:
New York, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

To travel from cache to cache so people can see wood from a tree that is almost gone.

About This Item

TB has a piece of American Chestnut wood attached to it. This rot resistant wood was once one of the most common trees in the Eastern U.S. It was used for fence posts, railroad ties, building materials and furniture. The wood looks a lot like Oak but has a mellow reddish brown color. It was almost destroyed by blight in the early 1900's and ceased to be available as commercial lumber by about 1920.

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    Retrieve It from a Cache 1/26/2009 LUCKYSTRIKE1 retrieved it from One of the Seven Cities of Gold? New Mexico   Visit Log

    Thanks for the Chestnut history. It does look a lot like Oak, but doesn't seem as dense. Thanks for sharing!!
    Dropped Off 12/24/2008 oldranger1 placed it in One of the Seven Cities of Gold? New Mexico - 474.77 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/30/2008 oldranger1 retrieved it from Gunny Gazin' Colorado   Visit Log

    Being a forester as well I was attracted to this and a good Dendrology lesson. I was brought up in the mid-west and saw the chestnut blight also march through as far as the Missouri River. As I recall there were some spared on West because of the plains. Will watch for an opportunity to make other folks aware of this grand old tree. Old Forester 1
    Dropped Off 11/20/2008 fishlogger placed it in Gunny Gazin' Colorado - 418.32 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/8/2008 fishlogger retrieved it from Have a Leaner Arizona   Visit Log

    picked this TB up on way to Phoenix from colorado via vegas.. i am a forester by trade and happen to have several boards of chestnut in my garage that i picked up at a farm sale back in the 70's in ohio that had been in the farm barn since the 40's. one board is 22" in width and several others from 6-14 inches. rarely will you see a chestnut tree over 4" in diameter now days.. very beautiful wood just like the TB.
    Dropped Off 10/27/2008 mrssubman placed it in Have a Leaner Arizona - 28.48 miles  Visit Log

    correcting date

    [This entry was edited by Subman123 on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7:47:29 PM.]
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/25/2008 mrssubman retrieved it from Nubis 006 - Hidden Valley Rancho Arizona   Visit Log

    thanks for sharing the American chestnut story.
    Dropped Off 9/14/2008 Humblehart placed it in Nubis 006 - Hidden Valley Rancho Arizona - 227.24 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/5/2008 Humblehart retrieved it from Big Blue TB Resort Nevada   Visit Log

    Thanks for the travel bug!! Will move it on.

    Traveler Humblehart
    Dropped Off 8/17/2008 2fox2 placed it in Big Blue TB Resort Nevada - 2.48 miles  Visit Log
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