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The Nut Tree, Vacaville, California
The postcards and other images below provide a great visual look back at the history of the Nut Tree. It was a popular stop for those traveling between the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento and points farther, such as Reno, along U.S. Highway 40, which became interstate 80 in 1964.
The Nut Tree started as a fruit stand. The first permanent restaurant building opened in 1921. The Toy Shop and the Nut Tree Railroad opened in 1952. The railroad had a quarter-mile track running through the Nut Tree orchards and gardens. The Nut Tree Airport opened in 1955. A new Dining Room opened in 1958. In 1962 the U.S. Post Office designated the area Nut Tree, California. The Nut Tree Coffee Shop opened across interstate 80 in 1965. In 1970-71 a new bake shop and merchandise area opened. In 1970 the Nut Tree Airport was donated to Solano County. In 1976 a Nut Tree store opened in San Francisco at 655 Beach Street.
The famous black walnut tree that the Nut Tree was named after was planted in 1859 and died in 1952. "The Nut Tree is a large black walnut standing on the State Highway, near Vacaville, California. It grew from a nut picked up on the Gila River, in Arizona, in 1859, by one of a party crossing the plains to California. It was planted where it now stands, by Josiah Allison in 1859." 1 Back of Nut Tree souvenir plate produced by Vernon Kilns, USA.
The Nut Tree was closed from about 1996 until 2006 when the new Nut Tree opened. For more information about the Nut Tree today you can see http://www.nuttreeusa.com/
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There's a large black walnut tree in my backyard, but the nuts don't always have kernels; there are no other black walnut trees close by.