Marshall County · Bourbon Township
Tree service in Bourbon, Indiana
Bourbon was built on timber and then on farming, and you can still read both in the landscape around it. We take down, trim and clean up trees in town, and clear brush and fence rows on the farm ground around Bourbon Township.
A lumber town that turned into farm country
Bourbon was laid out in 1853 because the railroad was coming, and when the tracks arrived in 1856 the town turned into a lumber boomtown. The town's own history says that from 1864 to 1867, more than a thousand railroad cars of lumber left Bourbon every year. Once the timber was cut, the land was cleared for farming, and Bourbon became known for its rich soil and its farms. It took its name from Bourbon Township, which early settlers named for Bourbon County, Kentucky.
That history is why the trees here look the way they do. The big old forest is long gone. What stands now are yard trees planted around houses and farmsteads, shade trees along the older streets in town, and whatever has grown up along fence lines and ditch banks since. A lot of our Bourbon work is out on that farm ground: a fence row that has turned into a row of trees, volunteer growth crowding a field edge, a big yard tree that has gotten too close to a machine shed.
Storms find this open country, too. The EF3 tornado of October 18, 2007 started near 12B Road and Gumwood Road, just west of Bourbon, before it tore north and east toward Nappanee. Trees standing alone in open ground take the full force of the wind, and that's where we see split trunks and limbs torn out after a hard summer storm.
In town, jobs are closer quarters. Bourbon is a small place, about 1,700 people, with houses on regular town lots and mature trees beside them. Those trees get taken apart from the bucket in sections so nothing swings into a roof or a neighbor's yard.
We work all around this part of Marshall County, with our home base in Bremen, the county seat of Plymouth, and Nappanee in Elkhart County. See every town we serve.
How we help in Bourbon
- Lot clearing
Fence rows, field edges and grown-up corners cleared so the ground can be farmed or built on.
- Tree removal
Yard trees too close to the house or the machine shed, taken down piece by piece.
- Storm damage
Split and wind-thrown trees after storms cross the open country. Storm emergencies can call after hours.
- Tree trimming
Dead wood and heavy limbs taken off old shade trees in town.
- Stump grinding
Stumps in lawns and field edges ground below grade so the mower and the tiller can get through.
Bourbon questions
Yes. We take out the trees and brush, grind stumps where you'll be working the ground, and leave any trees you want to keep. Walk the line with us at the estimate and point them out.
Sometimes. It depends on where the split is and how much of the tree is still sound. If it stands over the house or a building, we'll tell you honestly whether it's safe to keep after a tree assessment.