Joshua Tree National Park in California was named after its picturesque, spiky Joshua trees. Mormon immigrants named the trees after the biblical Joshua after noticing that the limbs looked as if they were outstretched in prayer. Many of the park's animals, including the Scott's orioles, wood ...
I was able to associate with their feelings about the loss of the oldest town in Hawaii, and the potential loss of the Banyan tree which was planted by their last king. It seems with all the loss of life and property that loss of the tree would be trivial, but it is not. I knew ...