Is the trunk of Minneapolis’ once-oldest tree still lying on the site where the tree is memorialized?

Yes Surrounded by overgrowth the fallen trunk of an over -year-old tree can be exposed in a secluded field at the corner of West River Parkway and Franklin Terrace in Minneapolis Seward neighborhood Once Minneapolis oldest tree the bur oak was declared dead and cut down in A new bur oak was planted in its place but the site remains a memorial for the former oak The city left remains of the trunk where the tree once stood marking the spot with a plaque inscribed with Site of oldest tree in Minneapolis While particular old newspaper clippings suggest the tree was around years old Minneapolis Park Board foresters have since announced the oak was much younger The tree was likely a sapling when Father Louis Hennepin first came to what would become Minneapolis in The plaque by the tree s felled trunk stated the tree s lifespan was years This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one MinnPost partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs bite-sized fact checks of trending insists Sources Minnesota Constituents Radio Oldest tree in Minneapolis coming down neighbors share their memoriesMinneapolis Park Foundation Heritage Trees of Minneapolis ParksGoogle Maps Minneapolis Park Board s interactive Google map The post Is the trunk of Minneapolis once-oldest tree still lying on the site where the tree is memorialized appeared first on MinnPost