HP Christmas Traditions Continue With New Tree
The Highland Park tree lighting on Thursday honored old traditions while making a new one. The 150-year-old Big Pecan tree
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Big Pecan Tree
Did It Really Cost $27,000 To Remove the Big Pecan?
Highland Park’s 150-plus-year-old landmark monarch pecan tree on Armstrong Parkway near Preston Road was huge. By some accounts, the Big
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Highland Park’s Big Pecan Comes Down Quickly
Dale Cole Jenkins lives in Turtle Creek so it didn’t take her long to drive over to Armstrong Parkway and
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Take One Final Look at Big Pecan Tree
As 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.”
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Removal of Big Pecan To Begin on Monday
Weather permitting, removal of the Big Pecan Tree at Armstrong Parkway and Preston Road will begin on Monday and continue
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Town Council: Bye Bye Pecan, No Demo, Tax Hike Planned
Highland Park town leaders expect crews in early October to remove the historic monarch pecan at Armstrong Parkway and Preston
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Three Things To Know After the HP Town Council Meeting
In a special Town Council Meeting on Monday afternoon, Highland Park Mayor Margo Goodwin and council members Jimmy Grisham, John
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Highland Park Faces Decision on ‘Big Pecan’
The more than 150-year-old monarch known as “The Big Pecan Tree” has entered irreversible decline, an arborist says. Micah Pace
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Highland Park’s grand old monarch pecan has become a troubled tree — troubled enough to pose a public danger and
Read moreHP Tree Lighting Set for Thursday
Highland Park will host its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the “Big Pecan Tree” on
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