2001, Andrew Vallee and Wesley Smith harvested the 118-year-old tree on land now known as the River Farm. Smith and Vallee collected all the limbs and branches and had the logs milled in nearby Ferndale. The center of the tree became a series of benches, which, when lined up end to end, recreated the trunk of the tree. These ten benches, along with the branches will become the center-piece of the tree sculpture at the Whatcom Museum. This main sculpture will be surrounded by more than thirty pieces of furniture built from the tree's wood, including a bedroom set, a dining room set, a liquor cabinet, and a writing desk and chair. The furniture was designed and built to express the unique character of the tree by including the live edge in each piece.

The story of the tree will be told on the surrounding walls of the Whatcom Museum's ARCO Exhibits Gallery through an historical timeline of events from the tree's germination to its harvest. A selection of photos from the museum's vintage Darius Kinsey collection will provide illustration of the early days of logging. This historical perspective includes the natural history of the tree itself as well as the land on which it grew, and the human history of those who worked and lived in the surrounding woods. The exhibit will also feature black and white photographs by Gunther Jose` Frank that document the tree's harvest and its transformation into furniture.