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"A significant live oak tree, noted by the first award in the Virginia Historical Tree Contest in March 1931, grew at the entrance to the College. This historic oak was designated as a line corner on the map of lands produced by Robert Beverly in June 1678. In 1931 the tree, listed as at least 275 years old, had a girth of 9½ feet and was titled "old monarch of Middle Plantation." Every means was employed to save the decaying behemouth but the Corner Live Oak was finally removed from the south side of the College entrance in 1943." | "A significant live oak tree, noted by the first award in the Virginia Historical Tree Contest in March 1931, grew at the entrance to the College. This historic oak was designated as a line corner on the map of lands produced by Robert Beverly in June 1678. In 1931 the tree, listed as at least 275 years old, had a girth of 9½ feet and was titled "old monarch of Middle Plantation." Every means was employed to save the decaying behemouth but the Corner Live Oak was finally removed from the south side of the College entrance in 1943." | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 1 June 2017
From The Planting of a Campus Tradition (1987):
"A significant live oak tree, noted by the first award in the Virginia Historical Tree Contest in March 1931, grew at the entrance to the College. This historic oak was designated as a line corner on the map of lands produced by Robert Beverly in June 1678. In 1931 the tree, listed as at least 275 years old, had a girth of 9½ feet and was titled "old monarch of Middle Plantation." Every means was employed to save the decaying behemouth but the Corner Live Oak was finally removed from the south side of the College entrance in 1943."
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