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- Beaver, Arkansas - Shoe Tree
Along the road around Beaver Lake (east side), AR, people have taken literally hundreds, even thousands of pairs of shoes, tied the laces together, and flung them up in a roadside tree. It's truly a bizarre sight that left the family speechless for a moment.
[Mark Hayse, 04/13/1997] - Sardis, Arkansas - Sardis Shoe Tree
The Sardis shoe tree died, so the shoes were removed, and it was cut down in June of 2017.
[Nancy Everett, 07/10/2017]Sardis Shoe Tree:- Directions:
- I-30 exit 123. Drive south on Hwy 183/Reynolds Rd for four miles. At the stoplight turn left onto W. Sardis Rd. Drive 6.5 miles until the road ends. Turn left onto N. Sardis Rd. Drive north a hundred yards to the next intersection at Houge Rd; tree in the tiny traffic triangle on the right.
- Hours:
- June 2017: Reported dead, cut down.
- Status:
- Gone
- Sardis, Arkansas - Sardis Shoe Tree
The Shoe Tree in Sardis (Mabelvale) Arkansas is to be removed. A community meeting was set up for June 1 by County Judge Jeff Arey to discuss the process.
[Shelli Poole, 06/04/2017] - Sardis, Arkansas - Sardis Shoe Tree
The Sardis Shoe Tree has been around since as far back as the 1970s.
[mark, 03/09/2015]According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, one local resident has reported shoes in the tree since moving to Sardis in 1968.
- Flagstaff, Arizona - Bra Tree
I should not be surprised that there are Bra Trees since there are so many Shoe Trees. The Bra Tree I found is about 1/3 up the slope on the Arizona Snow Bowl Ski Lift - on the uphill side of course - and you won't be able to see it except during the summer. I pointed it out to the person I shared the lift chair with and he doubted that any woman would lift her top, pull off her bra and toss it off there. He thought the girls would have brought an extra bra in their purses.
My rebuttal was if that reasoning were correct, there would have also been a panty tree. The location of the bra tree is significant because shortly beyond, the ski lift becomes steeper and the temperature abruptly drops some 15 degrees more. I think most plans to toss bras would end at that elevation and there would be no interest at all on the downward trip.
[Tom Stradt, 08/07/2005]Bra Tree:- Address:
- N. Snowbowl Rd, Flagstaff, AZ
- Directions:
- US 180 north of Flagstaff. Look for signs for a turn off on the right (east)side of the road. There will be a sign right after you turn off telling you the operating hours of the Arizona Snow Bowl ski lift.
- Hours:
- 10 am during the summer. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 928-779-1951
- Admission:
- Ski Lift fee.
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The meeting determined that the tree is dead "due to many contributing factors" (not just the shoes). A committee will be formed to find the best way to commemorate the tree, possibly by carving it into something.