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Prince William Forest Park American Beech , Approximately one mile from visitor’s center, south bank of the south fork of Quantico Creek, about 75 yards upstream from its confluence with Quantico Creek, Near Birch Bluff Trail, Triangle, Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William Forest Park American Beech , Approximately one mile from visitor’s center, south bank of the south fork of Quantico Creek, about 75 yards upstream from its confluence with Quantico Creek, Near Birch Bluff Trail, Triangle, Prince William County, Virginia

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Summary

Significance: The Prince William Forest Park American Beech Fagus grandifolia is significant because of its size and its unique 130-year genealogical chronology of family names inscribed in the bark of the tree.
Survey number: HALS VA-17

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Date

1861 - 1865
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Contributors

Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
Davidson, H. F.
Wood, Pete
Davidson, Allan
Caplin, Joe
William, Murray
Hoy, John R.
O'Connor, Richard, Chief, Heritage Documentation Programs
Dolinsky, Paul D, Chief, Historic American Landscapes Survey
Neal, Darwina, Chief, Cultural Resources, NPS National Capital Region
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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