Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - The Lone Oak Tree will be cut down - 12/12/1983
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by David Siegel
It is called the lone oak tree.
he Lone Marred by the metal of misdirected
vehicles, scarred by the countless nails
' and tacks that held community notices,
it stands alone at the intersection of
Lone Oak Road and Highway 55. It's
ak T ree closest neighbor is blacktop.
r*.` The tree is no longer pretty. It barely
leafs out in the summer. It hasn't had
acorns on it in years, but it remains a
symbol of the community.
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Eagan's symbol
will be cut down
in a few weeks
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At least for two more weeks. Then
the Minnesota Department of Trans-
portation plans to remove the tree and
give the wood to Eagan.
ue~?~a ~ There will be some grieving for the
tree, and officials of MnDOT know it.
n "We respect that importance. It's
- very sensitive down in Eagan," said
Bob Bockrodt, public information of-
ficer for MnDOT.
City Council members will decide
what to do with the wood from the tree.
It probably will be used somehow in the
Photo by David Siegel TREE: to P. 2A
The Lone Oak Tree, a symbol of Eagan, is expected to be removed soon. The wood will be given to Eagan.
EAGAN
a Current newspaper
SECTION A vol. IV, No. 50, Monday, December 12,1983 TWO SECTIONS
Bringing you the news of the people, the neighborhoods and business of Eagan
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Eagan's
Lone Oak Tree r"4 EAGAN
will be removed soon HRONICLE
M TREE: fromP.1A roads, according to city records. The 1209 E. Cliff Road • Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 1
Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church, 890.4456
organized in 1881, is located near the Member, Minnesota Newspaper Association & Suburban Newspapers of America
new City Hall. One suggestion is to tree.
mark the rings with a significant event A replacement for the Lone Oak Tree President & Publisher News Editor
that happened that year, said Ken Vraa, was planted this summer on the prop- Mary Ziegenhagen David Siegel
i director of Eagan's Parks and Recrea- ertv at the church rar__
ucpanment, • waiuoru « hurarustng manager Sports Editor
The expected removal of the tree in Joanne Shiebler
No one knows the exact age of the about two weeks (the exact date hasn't Robert Roth
4 tree. Estimates put it beyond 200 years, been set) is no surprise. It is dying and Distributed to every household & business in Eagan every Monday. Subscription copies
Vraa said. The age will be determined has long been recognized as a traffic mailed. Controlled circulation permit pending at Burnsville, MN post office, 55337.
when it is cut down. hazard, Bockrodt said. Office Hours 8am•5pm Mon-Fri
"In early years, people passed by and MnDOT is having a historical plaque Voluntary Subscriptions $12 Per Year
put up notices," he explained, made that will be presented to Eagan Mailed Subscriptions $16 Per Year
The first Town Hall was built in 1893 and placed on the site. When the plaque
on Michael Shield's farm near the in- is done, the date for removing the tree
tersection of Pilot Knob and Lone Oak will be set, Bockrodt said.
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