Photograph
Founder's Oak
An enormous, nearly symmetrical spreading bur oak tree towering over a picnic table and a row of conifers. Samuel Faulkner Phoenix, the founder of Delavan, reported in his diary that he slept under this tree on July 2, 1836. Soon thereafter, he established a sawmill nearby on Lake Delavan. The tree was estimated to be over 400 years old in 1982. |
Image ID: | 127021 |
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Creation Date: | 1981 |
Creator Name: | Durbin, R.D. |
City: | Delavan |
County: | Walworth |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | R. Bruce Allison photographs, undated |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 7049.1.3 |
Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
This image was published in Allison's 1982 book, Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees, p. 43, and also in the 2005 second edition of that book, retitled Every Root An Anchor, p. 32. |
Trees |
Lawns |
Outdoor furniture |
Outdoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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