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Oak Tree Will Be Saved 300 Years Old Champion
In Missouri, the state champion chinkapin oak near the Mississippi River east of St. Louis will be spared after citizens and groups urged a reroute of U.S. 92 improvements in Warren County. The tree on Oscar Huegel’s land stands about 66 feet tall with an 72 foot spread and a 15 foot 3 inch diameter.
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Marthasville
Missouri River
St. Louis
Missouri
State Highway Commission
U.S. 92
Warren County
Oscar Huegel
John Wylie
Conservation Department
Harold Calvert
Carrollton
Calvert
James Waters
Norborne
Denzil Thomas
White Rock
Carroll County
Wakenda Township
Louise Riske
Robert Harris
Kentucky
Akerman
Wylie
Earl Foster
Warrensburg
American Forestry Association