We received a cool photo from 1969 showing the Auction Oaks in what was the Republic Square parking lot then. Â You can see that there’s precious little space around the central auction oak in the foreground.
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The Auction Oaks in 1969 in the then Republic Square Parking lot
Contrast this with a photo from mid-December showing the berm removed from around the central Auction Oak. Â Those 27 years as a parking lot did the Auction Oaks no favors. Â Not to mention the 150 truckloads of soil from the berm surrounding the tree that we just removed in December.
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