The largest white pine tree in the state, a tall and magnificent specimen, one of the finest types of Rhode Island forest trees, was blown down during an unusually heavy windstorm toward the last of February, 1918, breaking off about thirty feet from the ground.

The tree stood about a mile east of Chepachet and a mile north of Spring Grove. Truly a monarch of the forest, it had attracted unusual attention, both because of its size and symmetry. The pine was threatened by the lumbermen in the preceding fall, and the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction appropriated $50 for its preservation, to be expended, if need be, in the purchase of the tree and in making an agreement that it should not be cut down. However, the plea of Woodman spare that tree and the patriotic pride of the owner, Mr. Andrew J. Steere, had guaranteed its safety from the woodsman’s axe. The published an article concerning the tree on February 10th, 1918. The for April, 1918, published an illustrated article about the tree.