Lighting of HP’s ‘Landmark Pecan Tree’ Going Virtual
The lighting of Highland Park’s Landmark Tree, like so many other events this year, is going virtual in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreThe lighting of Highland Park’s Landmark Tree, like so many other events this year, is going virtual in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreAs a young girl, Patricia Essa Purcell Bagnall would walk with her grandmother on Lakeside Drive to fill jugs with artesian water and listen to tales of the “early days.”
Read moreThank you to Douglas Scott and others who submitted photos for last year’s Fourth of July Parade Memories special section. Readers can still find that multipage look at the parade’s history here.
Read moreBarring an ice storm, I’ll be headed to the annual pecan tree lighting ceremony on Armstrong Parkway, which is as of
Read moreMayor Margo Goodwin looked at the empty esplanade where Highland Park’s historic monarch pecan stood and envisioned old fashion azaleas – lots of low plants to replace the missing tall one.
Read moreChildren eagerly awaited the big guy’s arrival while Mrs. Claus indulged them with a sweet treat and posed for photographs.
Read moreThe legacy of Highland Park’s Million Dollar Monarch continues. Highland Park ISD recently received podiums made from the tree that once stood at Armstrong Parkway at Preston Road for more than 104 years.
Read moreHighland Park’s tradition of lighting the Landmark pecan tree for the season continued with a Dec. 1 tree lighting ceremony.
Read moreBillionaire banker Andy Beal would like fellow admirers of a grand tree at Beverly Drive and Preston Road to know that he will miss the ole oak too.
Read moreHighland Park’s Big Pecan may be gone, but its descendants keep spreading.
Read moreThe wood harvested from the historic “Big Pecan” could stand again as podiums in every Highland Park ISD campus.
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