The trees were carved by local artist Tim Tingle.
The carved trees are now known as Tinglewood.
Hurricane Katrina that came through Biloxi in 2005, took down a lot of trees leaving only the trunks.
More than 35,000 of Galvestons trees were cut down after Ike.
A few were saved through the effort of local sculptors.
There are now over 35 tree sculptures dotting the island city.
But then they began to disappear due to the Dutch elm disease.
for make the best out of the unfortunate loss, the town council started the tree sculpture project.
The town initially made 43 sculptures.
Unfortunately, as the years went by, the pre-existing internal decay started affecting the tree sculptures too.
As of 2014, only 15 of these sculptures remain.
There are about 15 such carvings around this small coastal town.
The stumps were preserved and carved into the likeness of each soldier.
Various scenes depicting world War One were also carved on one tree.
