This post oak is estimated to be more than 250 years old. Measuring 42 inches across at chest height and standing about 55 feet tall, it is a living remnant of the Eastern Cross Timbers.

When this tree was a sapling, the land that would become Arlington was open prairie and forest, home to Native peoples and early settlers. By the time Arlington was founded in 1876, this oak was already a towering presence. Imagine all it has seen as the city grew around it.

For more information about Post Oaks follow this link:
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=QUST

For more information about the Eastern Cross Timbers follow this link:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/land/habitats/cross_timbers/ecoregions/cross_timbers.phtml

For more information on the history of Arlington, visit the Arlington Historical Society’s website:
https://www.arlingtontxhistory.org/