400-Year-Old Texas Icon to Be Uprooted in Nearly $1M Project

Texas City Is Relocating a 400-Year-Old Oak Tree Called 'Jolene.' It'll Cost Nearly $1 Million

A petition to save the tree racked up more than 2,000 signatures online, but earlier this year, city council members voted to move itKXAN/YouTube The Old Stagecoach Heritage Oak Tree, nicknamed "Jolene."NEED TO KNOWOfficials in Kyle, Texas, are spending nearly $1 million to relocate a 400-year-old oak tree to complete a road widening projectThe Old Stagecoach Heritage Oak Tree, nicknamed "Jolene" spans 51 inches in diameter, but city officials s…

400-year-old Texas icon to be uprooted in nearly $1M project

The city of Kyle ensures the live oak will be carefully transplanted to a new location.