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Visit #4: THE SIGNAL TREE
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TREES WITH UNUSUAL
SHAPES WERE OFTEN USED BY INDIANS AS LANDMARKS TO
IDENTIFY IMPORTANT TRAILS. THIS 300 YEAR OLD BUR OAK
(QUERCUS MACROCARPA) MARKED THE CUYAHOGA (WHOSE COURSE
WAS ONCE MUCH CLOSER TO THE TREE) AND TUSCARAWAS RIVERS. THE ERIE,SENECA,SHAWNEE, OTTAWA, DELAWARE AND MINGO TRIBES TRAVELLED TO THE OHIO RIVER BY THIS ROUTE. THEY REMOVED THEIR CANOES FROM THE CUYAHOGA RIVER HERE AND CARRIED THEM OVERLAND FOR EIGHT MILES - -SOUTH TO SUMMIT LAKE. LATER, WHITE SETTLERS USED THE SAME SIGNAL TREE TO FING THEIR WAY BETWEEN THE RIVERS. |
