Most of us regard the Eastern White Pine as a nuisance tree, a sticky mess that we'd gladly pass up for firewood. But there's a very interesting history behind it, and without it's existence the United States of America would not have come to be in the way we now know it. Although this is a long video, I feel it's worth the watch if you can spare the time.
Watched it over coffee just now. Hard to imagine 200' pines. Interesting how resources build and change a nation.
There are still some of the original marked “kings pines” in Maine standing. They were not allowed to be cut and if caught came with a big penalty. There’s one tree that had died and is in either the Patten of Ashland logging museum, I forget which one. I think nowadays people have left them standing just for he lore and history. Market value would probably not be that valuable on that old of a tree, too many flaws for lumber.
