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The Mysterious Indian Signal Tree
This week’s photo is by Bruce Ford, city photographer and graphics coordinator for Akron, Ohio. Taken Jan. 22, 2005, the photo shows the “Indian Signal Tree” in Akron’s Cascade Valley Park. The oak is between 250 to 300 years old. The mystery is: was the tree shaped by human hands or by some other act of God? Experts believe that the candelabra shaped branches were manipulated by Native Americans when the tree was small in order to mark their trails. Others believe the pitch fork branches have gained the strange shape by accident.
March 18, 2005
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This week’s photo is by Bruce Ford, city photographer and graphics coordinator for Akron, Ohio. Taken Jan. 22, 2005, the photo shows the “Indian Signal Tree” in Akron’s Cascade Valley Park. The oak is between 250 to 300 years old. The mystery is: was the tree shaped by human hands or by some other act of God? Experts believe that the candelabra shaped branches were manipulated by Native Americans when the tree was small in order to mark their trails. Others believe the pitch fork branches have gained the strange shape by accident.
