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Boundary Oak:
The Boundary Oak was one of the most significant features of Sinking Spring Farm. Until its death in 1976, the great white oak remained the "last living link" to Abraham Lincoln. The tree, thought to be 25 to 30 years old at Lincoln's birth, was located less than 150 yards from the cabin where he was born.
Oak trees often served as boundary markers and survey points for determining property lines because they could live well beyond 200 years. The tree served as a boundary marker in the original farm survey.
Before its death in 1976 and its removal in 1986, the Boundary Oak reached six feet in diameter and 90 feet high with a crown spread of 115 feet. |