TRIMMING, FERTILIZING HISTORY
March 24, 2008
March 24, 2008
COLUMBIA, Mo., March 24 -- The University of Missouri College of Food & Natural Resources issued the following news release:
It is a tree that has seen the history of Missouri.
It probably emerged from the ground as a sapling along the Missouri River near present-day McBaine about 350 years ago. As it grew, it saw the first French fur traders float down the river.
It was about 150 years old when the Lewis and Clark expedition passed by. It lived t . . .
It is a tree that has seen the history of Missouri.
It probably emerged from the ground as a sapling along the Missouri River near present-day McBaine about 350 years ago. As it grew, it saw the first French fur traders float down the river.
It was about 150 years old when the Lewis and Clark expedition passed by. It lived t . . .