Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/January" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>January</span></a> 6, 1844<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JohnFremont" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnFremont</span></a> encountered the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cottonwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cottonwood</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tree</span></a> (Populus fremontii) at Pyramid Lake in Nevada.</p><p>Cottonwoods are the fastest-growing <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trees</span></a> in North America w/ weak wood &amp; a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Star" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Star</span></a>-shaped <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pith" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pith</span></a>. Female trees make the fluffy star-shaped <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Seeds</span></a> that collect in your <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garden</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Garage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Garage</span></a> in June.</p><p>Arapaho &amp; Cheyenne stories say the tree held the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Stars</span></a> of the universe in their <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Branches" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Branches</span></a> until one <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Windy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Windy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spring</span></a> when they released them to the night sky.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Lore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lore</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Poplar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Poplar</span></a></p>