Pecan - Seguin, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 34.128 W 097° 57.862
14R E 600316 N 3271453
Sign says it is the World's Largest Pecan (but it isn't any longer).
It is five feet long and two and a half feet wide, erected in 1962.
Waymark Code: WMR870
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2016
Views: 5
This is one of three pecans on display in Seguin. This one is on the Courthouse Square.
Visitors to Seguin can stop by the Chamber of Commerce/Visitor's Center to get a map to locate the 2005 pecan and the 2011 pecan (which is really the World's Largest).
This county is a large producer of pecans and often claims the nickname "Pecan Capital of Texas." Seguin itself has been described as "a big pecan orchard with a small town in it".
Title: Pecan
Placement Date: 2011
Website: [Web Link]
Type of Object: Pecan
Location: Courthouse Square
Material: Cement
Artist: Not listed
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