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Originally Posted by jswinden
Always sad to see an old tree die. At least that one went by natural death. In 1989 in Austin we had an idiot poison a southern oak tree known as Treaty Oak, which was estimated to be between 500 and 600 years old. It was the last remaining tree in what was known as the Council Oaks where Native American legend says that tribes met for war and peace councils. Texas legend has it as the place where Stephen F. Austin met local tribes to iron out a peace treaty as well, though that is probably just pure Texas BS. At any rate the tree somehow managed to survive because of the mammoth and intensive measures taken to save it. The arboricidal maniac was caught, convicted, and put in jail for a while. He claimed he was trying to cast a spell. He served 3 years in jail for felony mischief. Today the Treaty Oak is only 1/3 its original size, but karma took over as the tree has outlived its attacker who died in 2001.
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I remember reading about that in the newspaper,