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Half-Way Tree
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A mature, dense bur oak standing within a small fenced plot surrounded by a field. There is a wooded area in the background. This tree marked the half-way point between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River on a trail used by Native Americans from before European settlement until the late nineteenth century. The tree was still standing as of August, 2013.
1980
Rygh, Richard A.
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WHi 127471
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