Photograph
The Territorial Oak
View across street towards a very tall bur oak towering over nearby houses at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets. There is a small monument at its base. The tree served as the fixed point from which surveyors platted the village of Whitewater. Although several large limbs had been removed, the tree was still standing in 2012. |
Image ID: | 127605 |
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Creation Date: | 1981 |
Creator Name: | Schlieve, Richard P. |
City: | Whitewater |
County: | Walworth |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | R. Bruce Allison photographs, undated |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 7049.1.4 |
Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
This image was published in Allison's 1982 book Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees, p. 70, and also in the 2005 second edition of that book, retitled Every Root an Anchor, p. 60. |
Trees |
Architecture, Domestic |
Cities and towns |
Neighborhoods |
Sidewalks |
Outdoor photography |
Surveying |
Street signs |
Streets |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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