Without sounding presumptuous, I would have to believe that anyone from Lassen County who has travelled to Nevada on 395 south has seen the infamous (maybe only locally) shoe tree. I have been traveling that highway since 1977 and I don't recall not seeing it, however in those early years of me falling in love with Lassen County, I perhaps was not on the lookout for a shoe tree. I know it has gone through "changes" not just the tree itself, but legal etc. It has been "de-shoed" a few times. There have been "threats" of reprimand if caught "shoeing" the tree if I recall right.
It has a circular drive in/through for a person to check it out. It is also quite rare (on my trips past there) that you do not see someone sitting below it in the shade (of the shoes) by the looks of the tree this trip. Nor to not see a family out taking pictures of it. It just so happened that it was my turn today to play the "tourist" and stop there to take pictures. For me it is a piece of Lassen county history.
For my self it is an innocent and enjoyable sight to see when passing through these parts!
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Hello my name is Lisa Kumar..last name was Augello back in the day..I just ran across your article about the Shoe Tree...Id like to say thank you for keeping the story alive..I am the one who threw the first pair of shoes in that tree..i started it as a memorial to the original shoe tree (the cottonwood tree near Ravendel Ca.) that someone had maliciousy cut down..There is a couple of letters to the edotor in the lassen Co. Times backing up my claim..thank u again
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