Trees Planted for Special Purposes - Part 8
 | Author:
Patrick Plantenberg, Tree Board Chair
Townsend Tree Board Chair, Townsend Rotary Club |
Trees Planted for Special Purposes - Part 8
Patrick Plantenberg
Tree Board Chair
This is the eighth of a series of articles about trees planted in Townsend and Broadwater County to honor people, special events, or for other purposes. The Tree Board hopes people will come forward with more information on other trees planted on public as well as private property so the tree and its purpose can be documented.
36) Tilia x flavescens 'Dropmore', Dropmore Linden; planted south of the Community Library.
• This tree was planted on Arbor Day, April 27, 2007, by Cecelia Hazelton Elementary School 5th grade students to honor the 2007 Arbor Day Poster Contest winners: 1st-place: Jacy Thompson, Teacher Aubra Lewis; 2nd-place Wayne Kirchner; and 3rd-place Latisha Marcum. The tree is located south of the Community Library. The tree was paid for by an MT DNRC Arbor Day Grant. The tree is in good condition.
37) Acer ginnala ‘Embers’, Embers Ginnala Maple; planted at 601 Broadway.
• This tree was planted in May 2008 in the loving memory of Vernon R. Marion. “Teach me all Thy steps to trace, Strong to follow in Thy grace; Learning how to love from Thee, Loving Him who first loved me.” Loving Husband, Father, Brother, & Son. The tree was planted by neighbors and the Tree Board. The tree was donated by his wife Tori Jane Marion. The tree is in fair condition and has to be treated with elemental sulfur and chelated iron each year because of our alkaline soils.
38) Juniperus scopulorum ‘Wichita Blue’, Wichita Blue Juniper; planted at Broadwater County High School.
All the Wichita Blue Junipers along the south side of the high school were planted earlier by Tom Helm. This one died and was replanted in 2011. The second tree was paid for by the Green Club at School-dba Seventh Generation Club. It died again and was replanted in 2018. It is the fourth tree from the southeast corner of the high school. The trees are generally in good condition.
39) Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen; planted in Broadwater County Courthouse lawn.
• This aspen grove was planted in May 2006 to honor Rose Oleson for her contributions to the community while employed at the USFS Townsend Ranger District. The three aspen trees were planted by Broadwater County High School students and the Tree Board. The trees were paid for by the Rotary Club of Townsend. The grove is west and south of the southwest entrance to the Broadwater County Courthouse. These nursery source aspens from the west of the continental divide suffered badly in the frost of October 2009. One died and was replaced by a native aspen from the Big Belt Mountains. A second tree blew over in a windstorm in the summer of 2023 and needs to be replanted.
40) Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn; planted in Broadwater County Courthouse lawn.
• This tree was planted in May 2007 to honor Bob Bagley for his 17 years of service to Broadwater County as the maintenance supervisor. The tree was planted by the Tree Board and paid for by Broadwater County. The tree is planted east of the southwest entrance to the Courthouse. The tree is in fair condition and needs to be treated for fireblight each year.
