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The “Other” Shoe Tree

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Driving on Hiway 26 east of Mitchell Oregon on the way to John Day Oregon is this “Shoe Tree.” There is another such tree further south, but recent reports say that it’s been cut down. I’m not sure of the significance of this tree, or when shoes started appearing in it.

We came upon the tree late at night. All I saw were hundreds of reflections off the shoes in the headlights of the car. My first thought was that it was a collection of fireflys attracted to a certain tree for some reason. Instead, the little lights I saw accumulated into this.

Shoe Tree 1024x768 The Other Shoe Tree roadside attraction art abandoned

Keep in mind that other then the car headlights, it was totally dark here. This is literally the middle of nowhere.

Oregon Roadside Attractions, presented in Google Earth

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Which state has the smallest park? The world’s largest wooden airplane? A memorial bathroom? 25 miles of ridable model trains? A volcano within city limits? The only Velvet Painting museum in the world? Giant Shoes, bowling pin, rabbit and a fishing pole? The world’s shortest river? The largest Glockenspiel in the US? And history museums – with two headed animals and the skulls of the last men hanged in the US?

Oregon does!

And even more intriguing, Oregon now officially has the largest ball of twine! It’s not currently on display, but hopefully such an important achievement soon will be.

Find out where they’re all located in my handy Oregen Roadside Attractions Google Earth plugin.

Future versions of this file will be added to my Historic Oregon Google Earth Plugin

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