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Goliad Anacua LbNA #68075

Owner:Silver Eagle Supporter Verified
Plant date:Jan 27, 2015
Location:
City:Goliad
County:Goliad
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: Yertle
Last found:Jan 28, 2017
Status:aFFF
Last edited:Jan 27, 2015
*** Part of my Famous Trees Of TX Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 400 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown, green & black
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.


The Goliad Anacua, not yet alive when the Mission Espiritu Santo was established in 1749, grew up in the ruins during the 1800s. By the 1930s, it was a lovely tree in the center arcade when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began restoration and had to move it. It survived and is thriving today in Goliad State Park where you can see it next to the mission.

Directions:
From Hwy 59 go south on Hwy 183 for about 0.5 mile to Goliad State Park on the right and park across from the visitor center.

Clues:
Walk to the Mission to see the Goliad Anacua next to it on left side. For the letterbox, walk down road toward entrance and go left on asphalt trail with Mission on the left. As you leave the State Park and enter the woods, look for a row of cactus on the right. Go 15 steps behind the first one to 2 large trees next to each other. LB is at right base behind large rock and under a small rock and leaves.