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Schurz, Nevada: Shoe Tree (Gone)

An old-timer shoe tree with an interesting back story.

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Shoe Tree

There is a shoe tree a few miles South of Schurz, NV on Highway 95 on the left side of the freeway if you are headed South toward Hawthorne. The tree now has hundreds of pairs of shoes on it.

[Jimmie Whittaker, 09/19/2005]

This sighting adds to a flap in the region -- shoe trees in Middlegate and Hawthorne.

Shoe Tree.

Shoe Tree

Shoe tree sitting next to U.S. 395, north of Hawthorne, NV. I verified that the locals do call it "Shoe Tree" from a cashier in a local supermarket.

[Eric Rench, 06/29/2005]

Photo added July 2008.

Shoe Tree

Directions:
US 95, on the northbound side, between roughly 4.5 miles south of Schurz, or 29 miles north of the towns of Hawthorne and Babbitt.
Status:
Gone

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