Healdsburg's Trees by June Maher Smith

Frank Robertson’s recent article in the Tribune about street trees reminded me of the abundance of locust trees planted along the streets of Healdsburg years ago. They surrounded the old school yard at Tucker and East Streets and were also planted along the south side of Tucker Street and many other streets. The school yard trees survived until the 1940s, but those on the south side of Tucker were gone long before that.

The only original survivors I know of are the three trees planted on East Street just south of Tucker Street. Those trees were there when I was a  child (I’m now an octogenarian) and they still produce their graceful blooms every year.