The "Treaty Elm" — In what is now Penn Treaty Park, the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, is said to have entered into a treaty of peace with native Indians under a picturesque elm tree immortalized in a painting by Benjamin West. West made the tree, already a local landmark, famous by incorporating it into his painting after hearing legends (of unknown veracity) about the tree being the location of the treaty
The legend of the Charter Oak plays a significant role in the history of Connecticut's Constitutional government. In 1662, a "Royal Charter" was granted by the English King Charles II to the colonists of Connecticut which gave them rights which were unique to the newly founded colony.
Twenty-five years later, James II ordered his agents to seize the Charter. Spirited colonists hid the document in a majestic oak on the Wylls estate in Hartford. The tree came to be known as the "Charter Oak" and was a landmark of Connecticut until it toppled in a storm in 1856.
Trivia: Do you know who Pennsylvania was named after?
Answer: William Penn’s father, Admiral Sir William Penn.