Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — IOWA TWIN ELMS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IOWA TWIN ELMS.

Peculiar Freak of Nature to Be Found In Honey Creek Township. Twin elm trees are not a rarity, but seldom are they found of such dimensions as the twin elm trees of which we present an illustration.

The twin elms grow in Honey Creek Township, lowa County, lowa, and they stand below the point of junction, seven feet apart. It is 30 feet from the ground to where they unite and the point of union is 3 feet in diameter for 10 feet. The body of each tree is 2} fedt in diameter and sbe greatest height 90 feet.

THE TWIN ELM TREES.