huge saved willow oak

[darkstar]

we could not sink a saw in this one ... supposedly general sherman camped underneath it ... the tree is near the site where he crossed the tennessee river and attacked missionary ridge this is a pic of the base of the willow oak with channel 9 interviewing me for info ... great advert huh .... but crap i couldnt cut it ..there is a monument for the pennsilvania regiment near by ... deffinatly a heratage tree what do yall think ?

 

[treeseer]

Any mower damage/decay pockets/ mushrooms around the base?

Did you climb it?

Do you have a pic of the whole tree, or a link to the story?

Is it in Chattanooga?

 

[darkstar]

no mower damage at all, no visable lighting strikes ,yes i played in it ... the watered down version of the story is in arbor day issue may/ june 2005 page 2 ... tufc has a story as well and etc etc .the most interesting info was from a local historian from knoxville who came down to document the tree and show a cross referance in a book where gen. sherman camped .......dark

 

[darkstar]

actually the arborday mag sums it up nicely ...just re -read it myself here is a pic dark

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Can you estimate age from DBH?

 

[darkstar]

no i cannot estimate age