Friendship Oak - Long Beach, MS
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N 30° 21.100 W 089° 08.158
16R E 294697 N 3359688
The Friendship Oak is located near the beach at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Campus. It is said that two people who enjoy the shade of this tree together will remain friends forever.
Waymark Code: WM86X8
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2010
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The Friendship Oak is more than 500 years old. It has survived numerous hurricanes, including the catastrophic hurricanes Camille and Katrina. Much of the campus is still in ruins, but this oak is making it's comeback.
From the marker nearby:
"I was a sapling when Columbus sailed into the Caribbean and was fully grown by Napoleon's reign. Iam now over five centuries old. I have sheltered Indians, pirates and college students. I am called Friendship Oak. Those who enter my shadow are supposed to remain friends through all their lifetime no matter where fate may take them in after years. There is not an alumna of Gulf Park College who does not possess, tucked away somewhere among here keepsakes and treasures, a twig, a leaf or an acorn that came out of my heart. The stairs and platform allow me to invite visitors into my branches without disturbing my leafage. Welcome friends."
Genus/Species: Southern Live Oak
Height: 50
Girth: 5
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Other public property
Age: 500
Historical significance:
The tree survived hurricane Camille and Katrina
Planter: No, it was a seedling when Christopher Columbus was plying the waters of the Carribean.
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: Not Listed
Walk time: Not Listed
Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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