Stephen F. Austin Live Oak -- Lockhart TX
N 29° 53.053 W 097° 40.330
14R E 628220 N 3306696
A tree dedicated to the Father of Texas grows on the west side of the Caldwell County Courthouse grounds in Lockhart TX.
Waymark Code: WMH3FM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2013
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A native Texas Live oak, the progeny of a huge tree growing at West Columbia TX where Stephen F. Austin died, was planted on the west side of the Caldwell County Courthouse grounds in Lockhart TX by schoolchildren on Arbor day 2004.
The plaque reads as follows:
"STEPHEN F. AUSTIN OAK TREE
To honor Stephen Fuller Austin, the father of Texas the children of Caldwell County planted this tree in Arbor Day ceremony May 7, 2004
The Live Oak was germinated from the huge Live Oak tree that stands today on the site where Stephen F. Austin died January 27, 1836, near West Columbia Texas.
Bill F. Price, an honorary member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, funded the production of the tree, and the Texas Forestry Service and the Knights of the Order of San Jacinto, SRT, sponsored the planting this Stephen F. Austin oak Tree on May 7, 2004.
This marker was provided by the Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels (New Braunfels) Chapter of the SRT and the James George (Lockhart) Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and dedicated on the 217th anniversary of Stephen F. Austin’s birth, November 3, 2010." [end]
Location of the tree: west side caldwell Co Courthouse grounds
Type of tree: Live Oak
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