Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Shoe Tree

I heard about this cool "shoe tree" a long time ago. I think I saw it first on Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt. That tells you how long ago it was.

In northern Idaho there is a cedar tree that people in the 1940s began nailing their shoes to — it's just one of those odd, eccentric things that make America interesting. 

Over the years hundreds and hundreds of people nailed their shoes to it and the shoe tree became famous on TV and in travel books as an offbeat roadside attraction. It should have been a national treasure.

Well, firefighters found the shoe tree engulfed in flames on Thursday and were unable to save it. 
 
 I feel sad.


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