The Joseph Hooker Oak [ Hooker Oak was an extremely large valley oak tree (Quercus lobata) in Chico, California. Amateur botanist and local socialite Annie Bidwell, whose husband had founded Chico, named the tree in 1887 after English botanist and Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. It was featured in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn. The tree fell in 1977 and portions of the wood was later milled for use by local artisans. ] from the book ' california, romantic and beautiful ' by George Wharton James Publication date 1914 Publisher
![The Joseph Hooker Oak [ Hooker Oak was an extremely large valley oak tree (Quercus lobata) in Chico, California. Amateur botanist and local socialite Annie Bidwell, whose husband had founded Chico, named the tree in 1887 after English botanist and Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. It was featured in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn. The tree fell in 1977 and portions of the wood was later milled for use by local artisans. ] from the book ' california, romantic and beautiful ' by George Wharton James Publication date 1914 Publisher Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PHMKY0/the-joseph-hooker-oak-hooker-oak-was-an-extremely-large-valley-oak-tree-quercus-lobata-in-chico-california-amateur-botanist-and-local-socialite-annie-bidwell-whose-husband-had-founded-chico-named-the-tree-in-1887-after-english-botanist-and-director-of-the-royal-botanical-gardens-sir-joseph-dalton-hooker-it-was-featured-in-the-1938-film-the-adventures-of-robin-hood-starring-errol-flynn-the-tree-fell-in-1977-and-portions-of-the-wood-was-later-milled-for-use-by-local-artisans-from-the-book-california-romantic-and-beautiful-by-george-wharton-james-publication-date-1914-publisher-2PHMKY0.jpg)
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The Joseph Hooker Oak [ Hooker Oak was an extremely large valley oak tree (Quercus lobata) in Chico, California. Amateur botanist and local socialite Annie Bidwell, whose husband had founded Chico, named the tree in 1887 after English botanist and Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. It was featured in the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn. The tree fell in 1977 and portions of the wood was later milled for use by local artisans. ] from the book ' california, romantic and beautiful ' by George Wharton James Publication date 1914 Publisher the page company