Projects

In 2017, the Graybeal family moved into the historic Smith home in McKinney, Texas. Dr. Gary Graybeal took steps to preserve and protect the magnificent old trees on his property. Research on the trees revealed a connection to E.W. Kirkpatrick and the rich history of Texas. In 1870, Pioneer Texas Horticulturalist Elbert W. Kirkpatrick (1844-1924) …Read More

In 2011, Texas Historic Tree Coalition launched its Texas County Historic Tree Initiative and we need your help. Our goal is to locate, recognize, and celebrate a historic tree in each of Texas’s 254 counties. We invite every county historical commission and interested citizens to nominate significant trees. The project has no fixed completion date, …Read More

To our knowledge, the Texas Historic Tree Coalition (TxHTC) is the only group in the Southwest that works to identify potential Indian marker trees. When our research began, there was no established protocol or set of procedures to follow. The process we use to submit, identify, research, and assist in recognizing a potential Indian marker …Read More