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Hallelujah Junction, California: Shoe Tree (Gone)

A local tradition of shoe flinging into this lone tree survived occasional road dept. clearing.

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Shoe Tree along the Highway.

Shoe Tree

This shoe tree is on CA 395, an hour south of Susanville, CA. There are hundreds of shoes and boots all over the tree.

[June, 11/05/2007]
Shoe Tree

Approx 2 1/2 miles north of Hallelujah Junction on us 395 is south Lassen county's shoe tree. Occasionally removed, locals have prevailed and keep this local tradition alive.

It now has a graded turn-out to allow travelers the chance to stop and admire a bit of western Americana.

[Michael Rose, 10/09/2007]
Shoe Tree

This Plumas County tree has shoes suspended from it and someone has written "Never judge a man by the shoes he wears" on a stump of a branch. The tree is located on N395 right across the Nevada/California border.

[Swan Bender, 09/09/2001]

Shoe Tree

Directions:
On the east side of US Hwy 395, 2.5 miles north of the intersection of Hwy 70. About 28.5 miles north of Reno, NV; 56 miles south of Susanville, CA; and 54 miles east of Quincy on Hwy 70.
Hours:
Oct. 2017: Cut down.
Status:
Gone

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