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Tha Angel Oak Tree is a live oak tree. Towering over 65 feet high, the Angel Oak has shaded John's Island, South Carolina, for over 1400 years, and would have sprouted 1000 years before Columbus' arrival in the New World. Recorded history traces the ownership of the live oak and surrounding land, back to the year 1717 when Abraham Waight received it as part of a small land grant. The tree stayed in the Waight family for four generations, and was part of a Marriage Settlement to Justus Angel and Martha Waight Tucker Angel. In modern times, the Angel Oak has become the focal point of a public park. Today the live oak has a diameter of spread reaching 160 feet, a circumference of nearly 25 feet, and covers 17,100 square feet of ground.Related content
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Escara40 [2014-03-05 15:11:49 +0000 UTC]
HiΒ Anne !
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Hope you agree and you like it
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Inkeriart [2011-06-12 14:04:17 +0000 UTC]
Wow! That is some history! Thanks for the write up on it
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Kie-sama [2010-05-31 01:06:04 +0000 UTC]
you see that bottom branch on the right? i've sat on that
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