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a) enthusiast in that state ; b) club in that state ; and c) display or exhibition of tree(s) in that state are as follows : (No guarantee is made of the longevity of any particular club.) |
| Location |
Dates |
References |
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Montana
26 |
.
c.2002 . |
.
Big Sky Bonsai Society, per "BS2 Bylaws," http://www.bigskybonsai.8m.com/bylaws.html . |
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Nebraska
27 |
.
1970 . |
.
unnamed in Lincoln, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Nov 19702, Vol. IX, No. 9, pg. 14. . |
|
Nevada
28 |
.
<1979 . |
.
Tackoa Bonsai Club, per Flynn, Patrick "Bonsai in Northern Nevada," http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/newsletter8/4.htm . |
|
New Hampshire
29 |
<1968
<1989 . |
Bernard Levine, per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2.
Cheshire-En Bonsai Group, per North American Bonsai Society Directory, ABS, Nov 1989, pg. 9. . |
|
New Jersey
30 |
<1968
<1968 . |
Mark E. Dobbelaar, Mrs. L. A. Elwinger, Mrs. N. K. Fairman, Mrs. J. W. Gramer, Mrs. N. L. Jarvis,
Frank Krause, Mrs. James Newberry, Mrs. George Scott, and Natalie Strahan,
per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2.
Bonsai Society of New Jersey, per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2. . |
|
New Mexico
31 |
<1976
1975 . |
Harold B. Wetzel, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Mar 1976, Vol. XV, No. 2, pg. 53.
Albuquerque Bonsai Club, per "Club History," http://www.abqbonsaiclub.com/?page_id=116. . |
|
New York
32 |
c.1888
1963 1868 |
Hugo Mulertt, per Blight, Robert (ed.) "Among
the Plants: Garden, Field and Forest," Current Literature, Vol. 28, No. 3, June 1900, pp. 258-260.
Bonsai Society of Greater New York, per Hurd, Jill "Interview with a Legend," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Winter 1997, pg. 146. Wengenroth's Saloon, Park Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, http://www.magiminiland.org/1800Refs/BDE1868.html. |
|
North Carolina
33 |
.
1964 1964 |
.
Bonsai Society of the Carolinas, per http://www.perigee.net/~bonsai/HISTORY.HTM http://www.perigee.net/~bonsai/HISTORY.HTM |
|
North Dakota
34 |
.
. . |
.
. . |
|
Ohio
35 |
.
1955 . |
.
Cleveland Bonsai Club, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, May/Jun 1987, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, pg. 31. . |
|
Oklahoma
36 |
.
<1989 . |
.
Northeast Oklahoma Bonsai Association or Tulsa Bonsai Society, per North American Bonsai Society Directory, ABS, Nov 1989, pg. 11. . |
|
Oregon
37 |
.
1951? <1970 |
.
Sakura Bonsai Club, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Feb 1971, Vol. X, No. 1, pg. 15. Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Sep 1970, Vol. IX, No.7, pg. 15. |
|
Pennsylvania
38 |
<1900
1957 . |
J. H. A. Klauder, per Bedford, Cornelia E. "Elfin Trees,"
Harper's Bazar [sic], August 11, 1900. Vol. 33, pp. 915-917.
Pittsburgh Bonsai Society, per http://pittsburghbonsai.org/ . |
|
Rhode Island
39 |
.
<1968 . |
.
Rhode Island Bonsai Group, per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2. . |
|
South Carolina
40 |
<1968
<1989 . |
Mrs. James Urban, per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2.
Coastal Carolina Bonsai Club, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Sep 1983, Vol. XXII, No. 7, pg. 218. . |
|
South Dakota
41 |
1974
<1989 . |
Cheever, Kay "South Dakota Bonsai: As the Twig Is Bent,"
Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 1990, pg. 14.
Brookings Arboresque, per North American Bonsai Society Directory, ABS, Nov 1989, pg. 13. . |
|
Tennessee
42 |
<1976
<1976 . |
M. A. Fry, Jr., M.D., per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Mar 1976, Vol. XV, No. 2, pg. 61.
Tennessee Valley Bonsai Society, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Oct 1976, Vol. XV, No. 8, pg. 275. . |
|
Texas
43 |
.
1965 . |
.
Bonsai Society of Texas (later Bonsai Society of Dallas), per "About BSD," http://www.bonsaisocietyofdallas.com/about.php . |
|
Utah
44 |
1942
c.1973 1968 |
Ben Scolari, per Hulme, Kenneth S. "Bonsai in the Desert: The Self-Taught Art of Ben Scolari,"
Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 1990, pg. 6.
Bonsai Club of Utah, per Hulme's article, pg. 7. Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Oct 1968, Vol. VII, No. 8, pg. 14. |
|
Vermont
45 |
<1978
<1989 <1998 |
Jeff Higgins, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, May 1978, Vol. XVII, No. 4, pg. 110
Green Mountain Bonsai Society, per North American Bonsai Society Directory, ABS, Nov 1989, pg. 1. 1998 Vermont Flower Show, Burlington, http://www.uvm.edu/pss/vfs/fs98nonp.html |
|
Virginia
46 |
<1968
1968 . |
Richard J. Kramer, per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2.
Virginia Bonsai Society (Capitol District), per "Introducing the Directors: Bart Bridges," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 26, No. 4, Winter 1992, pg. 14. . |
|
Washington
47 |
c.1937
1959 1961 |
"About the Author" in Bertram F. Bruenner, M.D. "A Hawthorn Bonsai Primer,"
International Bonsai, 1987/No. 1, pg. 10.
Unit #73 of the Arboretum Foundation (Bonsai Culture Group, then 1960 as Kelly Nishitani Unit), per Nelson, Jane "The History of the Puget Sound Bonsai Association," http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/newsletter5/pugetsound.htm Kelly Nishitani Unit at the Seattle Art Museum with support from "The Bonsai Bums" (Seattle Mens' Bonsai Club), per Nelson, "History" (above), and Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Apr 1978, Vol. XVII, No. 3, pg. 100. |
|
Washington, District of Columbia 48 |
.
1971 . |
.
Potomac Bonsai Association, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Jun 1971, Vol. X, No. 5, pg. 15. . |
|
West Virginia
49 |
<1968
1996 . |
Mrs. Thomas G. Webber, per "Founding Members," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1987, pg. 2.
Mountaineer Bonsai Society, per http://elearn.wvu.edu/Continuing/Personal_Enrichment/bonsai.html. . |
|
Wisconsin
50 |
.
<1970 . |
.
Coulee Region Bonsai Club, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Jun 1970, Vol. IX, No. 5, pg. 14. . |
|
Wyoming
51 |
.
<1989 . |
.
Laramie Bonsai Study Group, per North American Bonsai Society Directory, ABS, Nov 1989, pg. 15. . |
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