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PINE TREES (continued): • The state tree of Montana is the ponderosa pine. Remember “Bonanza,” the longrunning television series that gave viewers a feel of the American West? The Cartwright family lived on the Ponderosa Ranch. “Bonanza” was the first television series filmed outdoors in color. The 430 episodes from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973 were filmed on locations in Arizona, Nevada and California. • Nevada’s State Tree is the Great Basin bristlecone pine. Bristlecone pines do not look like ordinary pine trees seen in most forests. There are three members of the bristlecone group of pines; the Rocky Mountain bristlecone, the Great Basin bristlecone and the Sierra Foxtail pine. The oldest, some of which are 5,000 years old, are in the White Mountains of eastern California. These trees start out with green, smooth bark, but as they age, the bark becomes scaly and their shapes are very twisted. Bristlecone pine needles remain on the trees for 12 to 20 years. When the trees are about 20, they begin producing small hard, reddish-brown cones. • The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of California is located at an elevation of 10,000 to 11,000 feet (3,048 to 3,353 meters). These trees are recognized as the oldest known continuously standing trees on earth! A walk through this forest is almost surreal. The oldest tree, Methuselah (taken from the oldest man recorded in the Bible), is unmarked in the forest to protect it from a curious and adoring public.

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● On April 28, 1897, the Chickasaw and Choctaw, two of the Five Civilized Tribes, become the first to agree to abolish tribal government and communal ownership of land. The other tribes soon followed, finally throwing open all of Indian Territory to white settlement.

● On May 1, 1926, Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers. Manufacturers all over the country soon followed Ford’s lead, and the Monday-to-Friday workweek became standard practice.

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White, yellow and, yes, there are red pines as well. The red pine is the state tree of Minnesota. Commonly called the Norway pine, even though it didn’t originate in Norway, the red pine has a reddish-colored bark from whence it gets its name. A lot of telephone poles are made from red pines.

• Alabama and North Carolina recognize the longleaf pine as their state tree. Arkansas chose the loblolly pine. If you want to go to the Pine Tree Festival, head to Swainsboro, Georgia. First held in 1946, the festival’s name was changed in 2008 to the “Pine Tree Festival and Southeast Timber Exposition.” This year’s festival will be April 24May 1. • Another pine-related festival is the Annual Arrowhead Pine Cone Festival held every October in Lake Arrowhead, California. Coulter pine and sugar pine cones are the stars of the show! Sugar pine cones are the longest in the world growing up to 24 inches (61 cm) long. Coulter cones are the heaviest in the world, weighing from 5 to 8 pounds (2.3 to 3.6 kg)) and spanning about a foot and a half (.48 m) in length! When walking in the coastal mountains of southern California and Baja California, Mexico, where the Coulter pines are native, watch out below!

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