The story of how Indigenous people guided the WilliamsonAbbot Expedition through the Cascades and how Lt. Philip H. Sheridan carved his name into a 300 year old Ponderosa Pine.


WilliamsonAbbot Expedition Tree is located in the Whispering Pines Horse Camp between campsites 7 & 8 https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/desch...


The Smithsonian Institution digitized the full text of Williamson and Abbot’s Official Report, including the plate illustrations.
https://archive.org/details/reportsof...


Featuring the WilliamsonAbbot Expedition Tree
A 2020 Oregon Heritage Tree

Interviews, In order of appearance

Dr. David G. Lewis
Associate Professor Anthropology and Ethnic Studies
Oregon State University

Michael Boero
District Archaeologist
U.S. Forest Service
Deschutes National Forest, Sisters Ranger District

Voice Actors

James Krzmarzick, Lt. Robert Williamson

Greg Rutter, Lt. Henry Abbot

Special Thanks

Nate Pedersen for nominating this tree


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