Glocester White
author: Rhode Island. Office of Commissioner of Education
source date: 1918
availability: Copyright 2008 Syd Bauman, Julia Flanders, and the Brown University Women Writers Project. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

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The Glocester White Pine

The largest white pine tree in the state, a tall and magnificent specimen, one of the finest types of Rhode Island forest trees, was blown down during an unusually heavy windstorm toward the last of February, 1918, breaking off about thirty feet from the ground.

The tree stood about a mile east of Chepachet and a mile north of Spring Grove. Truly a monarch of the forest, it had attracted unusual attention, both because of its size and symmetry. The pine was threatened by the lumbermen in the preceding fall, and the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction appropriated $50 for its preservation, to be expended, if need be, in the purchase of the tree and in making an agreement that it should not be cut down. However, the plea of Woodman spare that tree and the patriotic pride of the owner, Mr. Andrew J. Steere, had guaranteed its safety from the woodsman’s axe. The Providence Sunday Journal published an article concerning the tree on February 10th, 1918. The American Forestry for April, 1918, published an illustrated article about the tree.

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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
country: United States of America
region: New England

Chepachet
location: 41.915131 -71.671397

Spring Grove
location: 41.905583 -71.656219

American Forestry 1918-04
Woodman, Spare That Tree! George Pope Morris 1837

Rhode Island Institute of Instruction
An early teachers college in the state of Rhode Island