The king of England made an effort to reserve trees of a particular height and girth for the ship building of his Royal Navy.

Mary Flynn's blue eyes brighten when she talks about the natural pine coffin she made for herself and the exact spot she wants to be buried one day. "I keep my casket in my [home] studio and I've ...

Watch: Mourners filed past Tutu's simple pine coffin as his body lay in state in his old parish cathedral Mourners have been filing past the coffin of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as his body lies in ...

White pine trees were a valuable resource for English ... Since the wood was easily worked pines were used to construct coffins. Settlers planted them as "coffin pines" often planting two in ...