Saturday, February 5, 1994

Shoe Trees

While Missourians have the Burr Oak Tree, the people of Greeley, Colorado have the Shoe Trees. While driving down a highway southwest of Greeley, I went past these trees with shoes hanging from the branches and nailed to the trunks. After doing a double take, I turned around and went back. Having avoided getting hit by traffic, I was able to get these photos.

The southernmost shoe tree.

A closer view of the southern tree. In both this and the above photo, note that there are also shoes dangling from the branches.


A good look at the shoes nailed to the trunks.


Trunk closeup.