Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Lone Oak tree to be moved - 4/2/1984
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Lone Oak Tree
to be removed
Eagan's Lone Oak Tree is _
scheduled for disrr antling
Tuesday, April 10, ai d Wed-
nesday, April 11. The emoval
project will be condu Aed by
District 9 of the Minnesota
Department of Transp )rtation
(Mn/DOT) and the city of
Eagan.
The tree, which is to -ated at i
Highway 55 and Lo ie Oak
Road, is being r(moved '
because of its age an( fragile
condition. It will be d smantl-
ed branch by bran :h and
taken to a location y~ !t to be
determined by Eagan city of-
ficials. ,r
The Lone Oak Tree is esti-
mated to be nearly 2( 0 years
old and has long been t ie sym-
bol for the City of Eag an. di
In an effort to retain the
"life" of the tree, the city is ne
considering a policy for its
restoration, perhaps in the
form of a sculpture.
Last year, Mn/D( T and
Eagan joined forces it trans-
planting a new "Loi a Oak