Wes Culwell Collection

Summary: Donor is a Board-Certified Master Arborist who visited the Archives on several occasions to research local history and significant trees in the greater Fort Worth area.  He returned to donate a copy of his manuscript map, associated notes and City of Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nominations.  All original artwork is by donor.  Photographs by Corky James and donor.  Donor plans to publish a book with photographer Chuck Garrett.

Heritage Tree

Pictured: Camp Leroy Shuman Post Oak, 2013

Wes Culwell Heritage Tree Nomination Reports

  • J.R. Foster Post Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2012
  • James Hodgkin's Burr Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2012
  • William F. Charbonneau Live Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2012
  • Lake Worth School Live Oaks, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2012
  • Camp Leroy Shuman Post Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013 (image shown)
  • George T. Reynolds Live Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • Texas Our Texas Oak dedicated to William John Marsh, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • The Dr. Michael Lampkin Woods Live Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • The Kuteman's Cutoff Bur Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • The Live Oak School Post Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • The Mosque Point Live Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • The Royal Flying Corps Live Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • The Tannahill Homestead Live Oak, Fort Worth Heritage Tree Nomination September 2013
  • Manuscript map and notes related to early Tarrant County history and potential heritage trees, undated, September 2013
  • Lake Worth Area Heritage Trees, with Declaration Certificates; documents 15 Centennial Historic Trees around Lake Worth, by Wes Culwell, undated
  • Isaac Parker Oaks, Hurst, Texas, undated

Books

  • The Trees of Our Lake: Centennial Edition 2014, a collaboration between Wes Culwell and Chuck Garrett, 2014
  • The Trees of Our Lake: Second Edition 2015, a collaboration between Wes Culwell and Chuck Garrett, 2015
  • The CCC Structures of Lake Worth, printed report, a collaboration between Wes Culwell and Corky James, January 2015
  • Civilian Conservation Corps, booklet, by Wes Culwell, 2015