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Floored
12-26-2004, 06:10 PM
Just drove bye it coming back from Riverside and its only about 2 ft tall, Black and no branches, maybe 3 shoes and none around it anymore. It left a sad feeling about the state of the world that someone had to destroy a simple tree that wasn't hurting anything. :confused: I would have taken a pic but someone stole my digital camera :mad: What next , rake the rock names along the tracks?
sanger rat
12-26-2004, 06:14 PM
What is the shoe tree and what happened to it?
Havasu_Dreamin
12-26-2004, 06:16 PM
What is the shoe tree and what happened to it?
It was a tree on Rice Road that peeps going to and from the river would leave old shoes hanging on the branches. Someone burned it down a few months ago.
H20Advantage
12-26-2004, 06:19 PM
A tree out in the middle on nowhere on the way to the river that people would stop and hang shoes on. Got to be kind of a tradition until some jerk lit it on fire.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/510/353Shoetree.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/564P5220006-med.jpg
After someone lit it on fire:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/541scan0002-med.jpg
Parker Dreamin
12-26-2004, 06:19 PM
People have started to put shoes on and around but it just not the same.
This is what is left. Yes a sad time we live in & are leaving for our grandkids. :devil:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268111_1188_WEB-med.jpg
H2O what year was this pic. taken.
Thanks, Mike
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/510/353Shoetree.jpg
purrfecttremor
12-26-2004, 06:42 PM
WTF its been like that most of the year but why?was it a menace to society?i frankly dont understand.it seems like every time we do rice road its been burnt again!does anyome understand why?
sanger rat
12-26-2004, 08:21 PM
Bummer! Thanks for the info. Anybody check to see if that rearend is a 12bolt?
sanger rat
12-26-2004, 08:23 PM
You guys should plant a new tree?
Debbolas
12-26-2004, 09:34 PM
we were going to do that..........boozer, River kitty and I.........we just never got around to it :D
100+Placecraft
12-26-2004, 10:05 PM
There's another one on Rt 66, in between Amboy and where 66 joins back up with the 40.
There's another one on Rt 66, in between Amboy and where 66 joins back up with the 40.
I've seen this one also. Nice tree.
I have thought about a steel tree the a** holes cant burn. Maybe 2" conduit with lots of arms. :cool:
Late, Mike
In it's glory.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/1268Shoetree1_WEB.jpg
BoatPI
12-27-2004, 06:58 AM
The demise began a year ago with the first burning. I can just picture in my mind some thoughtless Dipsh&ts that did this for a thrill. I imagine they were not born when this first became a shoetree.
I recall the first time I spotted it was about 1978 on the way to Parker.
Just like a tagger, mindless. Perhaps we could build gallows on this site and utilize it if the firebug is idetified?
Tequila-John
12-27-2004, 07:10 AM
My son about 5 years ago........
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/2013Austin_under_the_shoe_tree.jpg
My son about 5 years ago........
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/2013Austin_under_the_shoe_tree.jpg
Looks post 9-11
Tequila-John
12-27-2004, 07:29 AM
NOPE before 9-11
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