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Seiders Oaks LbNA #67823

Owner:Silver Eagle Supporter Verified
Plant date:Oct 25, 2014
Location: Shoal Creek Greenbelt
City:Austin
County:Travis
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: dewberry
Last found:May 31, 2021
Status:FFFFFFF
Last edited:Oct 25, 2014
*** Part of my Famous Trees Of TX Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 600 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown & green
Status: alive


Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.


Austin arose in 1839, and soon after Gideon White moved his family to the new capital and built a log cabin near a robust spring on Shoal Creek. In 1842, while passing through a nearby live oak grove, White met his end at the hands of a band of mounted Indians. He fought from behind one of the large live oaks and killed at least one of his attackers before being killed himself. The marks of a number of arrows and bullets which hit the tree were visible for many years. Four years after his death White’s daughter, Louisa Maria, married Edward Seiders and they lived in her father’s cabin at the springs, which became known as Seiders’ Springs. The nearby oak grove became known as Seiders' Oaks and in 1865 provided shade for General Custer and his men. Today, most of the springs along Shoal Creek have been drained yet Seiders’ Oaks remain, and people from surrounding business often picnic in their shade with little knowledge of the events that transpired here.

Directions:
From TX 1 go east on W 35th Street for about 0.5 mile to Randalls grocery store on the left and park in the lot.

Clues:
Walk behind the store on sidewalk along 35th street past hospital to Shoal Creek trail. Turn left following trail past a clearing to Seiders Oaks at 38th street crossing with Historical marker describing them. Walk behind marker to cement picnic table, then left 20 steps to stone stairs on right. Go up to top and go left 22 steps to tree growing along ground toward fence. LB is beneath tree under rocks.