A friend of mine told me that native Americans used to hang weights on the lower branches of young trees in order to get them to point in a certain direction. This cottonwood tree, growing out in the wetlands north of Van Meter State Park, is probably just old enough that it could have been taught to point. But to what was it pointing? A tree becomes a symbol and mystery. The world becomes a little more interesting when viewed this way.
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