Gleaning Facebook: Champion Tree

Back in the dark ages we ran a story about my friend Richard T. Ware in our newspaper, Broadside. I ran across these pictures today. Here Richard stands beside one of the ‘state champion’ trees he discovered. This is a White Oak at Chieftains Museum. (Corrected)

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Ellen Henderson Garrard I always enjoyed Broadside!

Ellen Henderson Garrard We had just returned to Rome from Athens and were fans of Jody ...(?) from the Red and Black.

Mary Nisbet Asbury That was a big, beautiful tree

Richard T. Ware Terrell Shaw These photos are of the giant White Oak that stood in the front of Chieftain's Museum. You can see the mill in the background.

Terrell Shaw Aha! I thought it was the tree at Berry.

Terrell Shaw I had forgotten about that tree. I have pictures somewhere of a group of my fourth graders at the Chieftains tree. What happened to it?

Richard T. Ware I know it had a huge patch of concrete that was filling a hole where the tree was hollow, but I don't recall if it blew down or died and was cut. Perhaps it happened when I was in the army.

Terrell Shaw Richard T. Ware you were already out of the army when this story ran in Broadside in ‘75 or ‘76!

Richard T. Ware Terrell Shaw, ok I had no idea when this was taken. So, I don't know what happened to the tree.

Terrell Shaw How many state champion trees have you found over the years?

George Barton Have you ever seen the hackberry tree behind the Methodist church in Cave Spring?

Richard T. Ware No, I have not. Is there a giant tree there?

George Barton Richard T. Ware huge, turn right at the traffic light, if you are coming from Rome, church is on right, tree is right rear to church.

George Barton Newnan, Ga is full of beautiful trees, there is a huge willow oak at US 29 and Farmers Blvd.