As a part of prepping a time when societal norms are suspended or junked must be considered.
Creating boundary markers may be necessary. Ancient man used many methods for marking trails and boundaries. He wanted others to see these markers whether enemy or friend.
A thread about different methods might be useful... Anyone have methods they use?
The Cherokee used a method still visible today “Trail Trees”. I’ve seen these trees up on Lookout Mtn. They’d put 90 degree bends in a young tree.
Below is a very interesting article about Cherokee "Trial Trees". They pointed to water, all sorts of things. They also marked boundaries between the Cherokee and Creek tribes for example.
A pic of a reservation map from 1847 that designates a “trail tree” boundary. Then a pic of 2 Trails Trees, one dated to the 1700's, a Beech.
https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/12/indian-trail-trees.html
December 14, 2017 Cherokee Nation / Trailblazing
Indian Trail Trees
Posted by Dave Tabler
...Two trail trees identified by the Mountain Stewards project. An accompanying photo indicates that the second tree is an oak. The trees tend to cluster in former Cherokee lands. Core samples from many of the identified trees date their age to the late 1700s...
Creating boundary markers may be necessary. Ancient man used many methods for marking trails and boundaries. He wanted others to see these markers whether enemy or friend.
A thread about different methods might be useful... Anyone have methods they use?
The Cherokee used a method still visible today “Trail Trees”. I’ve seen these trees up on Lookout Mtn. They’d put 90 degree bends in a young tree.
Below is a very interesting article about Cherokee "Trial Trees". They pointed to water, all sorts of things. They also marked boundaries between the Cherokee and Creek tribes for example.
A pic of a reservation map from 1847 that designates a “trail tree” boundary. Then a pic of 2 Trails Trees, one dated to the 1700's, a Beech.
https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/12/indian-trail-trees.html
December 14, 2017 Cherokee Nation / Trailblazing
Indian Trail Trees
Posted by Dave Tabler
...Two trail trees identified by the Mountain Stewards project. An accompanying photo indicates that the second tree is an oak. The trees tend to cluster in former Cherokee lands. Core samples from many of the identified trees date their age to the late 1700s...
