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The Territorial Oak
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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.
1981
Schlieve, Richard P.
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