Posts Tagged ‘cottonwood trees’
Botanical Chronicles: Meriwether Lewis Names the Narrow-Leaf Cottonwood
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 12, 1805 On this day, in 1805, the intrepid explorer Meriwether Lewis stood just one day’s journey from discovering the Great Falls of Missouri, blissfully unaware of the natural wonder awaiting his…
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