The sad headline from the Roadside America website (mouseover for linky):
We're really not into publishing obituaries, but when a famous shoe tree is murdered, it's front page news. Here we have a streetview image of the shoe tree in happier days:
We have encountered many shoe trees; they're kind of a totem for roadtripping-type folk. Unfortunately, they usually die an ignoble death; chopped down or set on fire by some drunken yahoos. While we frown on littering of any kind, somehow the lonely shoe trees of America get a pass. Long live the shoe trees!
Young, healthy shoe tree outside of Vidal Junction, CA
Washington State Rte 97--2 miles east of Shaniko
Western Utah
Route 66, Amboy, CA
2 comments:
Yes. For some reason, famous (or infamous) trees often serve as a moron detector. In a one-time-only kind of way.
I've never gone past (or at least noticed) a shoe tree. I'll have to keep my eyes open. I have, however, seen a boot fence in Pope County, Minnesota, between Glenwood and Alexandria. There's another photo I'd like to dig out.
Rest in peace, shoe tree. At least we know you had a sole . . . .
Don't know how much good it'll do, but Uncle Sam has G-Men on the case: Feds hunt for shoe tree's killer
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