Buckeye Ohio Tree Biography
The name “Buckeye” came from the Native Americans who noticed that the glossy, chestnut-brown seeds with the lighter circular “eye” looked very similar to the eye of a buck (male) deer.
The nut is probably the main attraction of the tree. As kids, we used to collect them by the bushel basket. We never did anything with them but we thought they were "cool".
The nut is a glossy brown color and very smooth. The nuts are contained in a spiny hull until they ripen in September. The hull opens and they fall to the ground. Many times there are multiple nuts in a hull.
Most people are aware that Ohio is known as the Buckeye State, but why? How did a state become associated with a nut-bearing tree? During football season the folks in Michigan probably have a few ideas of their own.
One of the stories is that it originated from the presidential campaign of General William Henry Harrison n 1840.
A log cabin decorated with raccoon skins and a string of buckeyes became the symbol of Harrison's campaign. The following became his campaign song:
“Oh where, tell me where was your buckeye cabin made?
Twas built among the merry boys who wield the plough and spade,
Where the log cabins stand, in the bonnie buckeye shade.
Oh what, tell me what is to be your cabin’s fate?
We’ll wheel it to the capital and place it there elate,
for a token and a sign of the bonnie Buckeye state.”
The name “Buckeye” came from the Native Americans who noticed that the glossy, chestnut-brown seeds with the lighter circular “eye” looked very similar to the eye of a buck (male) deer.
The nut is probably the main attraction of the tree. As kids, we used to collect them by the bushel basket. We never did anything with them but we thought they were "cool".
The nut is a glossy brown color and very smooth. The nuts are contained in a spiny hull until they ripen in September. The hull opens and they fall to the ground. Many times there are multiple nuts in a hull.
Most people are aware that Ohio is known as the Buckeye State, but why? How did a state become associated with a nut-bearing tree? During football season the folks in Michigan probably have a few ideas of their own.
One of the stories is that it originated from the presidential campaign of General William Henry Harrison n 1840.
A log cabin decorated with raccoon skins and a string of buckeyes became the symbol of Harrison's campaign. The following became his campaign song:
“Oh where, tell me where was your buckeye cabin made?
Twas built among the merry boys who wield the plough and spade,
Where the log cabins stand, in the bonnie buckeye shade.
Oh what, tell me what is to be your cabin’s fate?
We’ll wheel it to the capital and place it there elate,
for a token and a sign of the bonnie Buckeye state.”
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