Science will try to save Southwestern's historic Story Tree

  • A close up shows a large broken limb that’s harmed the Story Tree on the Southwestern University campus.
    A close up shows a large broken limb that’s harmed the Story Tree on the Southwestern University campus.
  • Students in the 1950s have a picnic underneath the Story Tree Source. Courtesy Southwestern University
    Students in the 1950s have a picnic underneath the Story Tree Source. Courtesy Southwestern University
  • The Story Tree seen today.
    The Story Tree seen today.

    The famous and majestic live oak Story Tree is located on the Southwestern University campus in Georgetown. This tree has partially succumbed to the effects of its age, pathogenic fungi, bacterial infections, and who knows what over its 100 years of life.

    The photos included in this column show the Story Tree in the black and white photo from the early 1950s compared to today. During November, a la…