Excerpt
From
"The Making of a City - Baytown, Texas"
By: Buck A. Young
The Old Oak Tree
Baytown's
old oak tree, used as the official city logo, stands
in the middle of Texas Avenue.
It's age has been estimated from 300 to 1,000 years
old. The old tree has survived many attempts to destroy
it, including a poisoning attempt in the fall of 1989.
Note:
The Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas
was poisoned in 1989 also
See
Treaty Oak
For More Information from
"The Making of a City - Baytown, Texas"
About The Texas Avenue Oak Tree
See Article Below
Click
Here for article by Keri Mitchell
about the tree in the
Baytown Sun - 2/20/2004
