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Tumalo, Oregon: Shoe Tree (Gone)

A tree was filled with tossed pairs of shoes, an unexplained tradition. Reported chopped down July 2024.

Directions:
Along Cline Falls Hwy somewhere on the 9 mile stretch between Tumalo and Eagle Crest Resort. Our map point is arbitrary.
Hours:
July 2024: Chopped down.
Status:
Gone

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Shoe tree debris.

Shoe Tree

Went to visit this location and found that the tree has been cut down and all but a handful of the shoes are gone. If the shoes have been moved to a different tree, I was unable to locate it.

[Jeff B, 07/17/2024]

Shoe tree.

Shoe Tree

A shoe tree is in the works on Cline Road, between the little town of Tumalo and the Eagle Crest Resort. It's on the east side of the road.

[George Shubin, 05/14/2016]

That's a nine mile stretch of road where the tree will be encountered.


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