We invite you to visit... In 1880 the site that was to become Glenwood City was a tranquil glen (valley) in the midst of huge forests. By 1885-1890 with the coming of the railroad and the lumber mills, Glenwood was the major trading center of the area with a population of 2000.
English walnut trees can be tapped successfully, especially when subjected to a freezing winter and spring. Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) The paper birch has a lower sugar content than sugar maple (less than 1%), but is the sweetest of the birch trees.
Some of the most common hygrophile tree species are being used to control floods, both in ponds and on the levees, are: 1  Poplars (Poupulus Nigra & Alba) 2  Ash (mainly Fraxinus Angustifolia or Fraxinus Excelsior) 3  Willows (genus Salix, there are hundreds of different species to pick). 4  Elms (Ulmus )