Millersville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tulip Tree

Liriodendron tulipifera

— University Trees of Distinction —

Tulip Tree Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 11, 2025

1. Tulip Tree Marker

Inscription.

Here stands a towering behemoth, cast in June with thousands of tulip-like flowers. The light wood of the large, straight trunks of tulip trees made them a favorite of the Susquehannock for dugout canoes to transit the Susquehanna River and its tributaries

Discover more at www.millersville.edu/trees

Erected by Millersville University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 39° 59.951′ N, 76° 21.321′ W. Marker is in Millersville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is on North George Street. Marker and tree are immediately south of the Biemesderfer Center [Old Library], on the Millersville University campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 North George Street, Millersville PA 17551, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Biemesderfer Center [Old Library] (a few steps from this marker); Flowering Dogwood (a few steps from this marker); Atlas Cedar (within shouting distance of this marker); The Pond (within shouting distance of this marker); Founders of Millersville University

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Dutcher Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Saucer Magnolia (within shouting distance of this marker); Millersville University (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millersville.

Also see . . . Liriodendron tulipifera — tuliptree. (Submitted on January 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Tulip Tree and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 11, 2025

2. Tulip Tree and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 105 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 13, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.