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Article: TOP TREES MADISON'S OLDEST CELEBRITIES HAVE THEIR STORIES TOLD.(DAYBREAK)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 16, 2005
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Byline: Chris Martell Wisconsin State Journal
Most passersby probably don't pay much attention to the big oak tree in a field outside a low-slung commercial building in Middleton - even though it's almost perfectly shaped and in rugged good health at age 200.
But it triggers a sense of deja vu.
That's because the "Pleasant Company Oak" is the familiar symbol of the American Girl dolls and books. And as such, it's the Madison area's only internationally known tree.
Pleasant Rowland's office window at the company she founded in 1986 had a view of the tree. And to make sure it stayed healthy, she called on Madison arborist Bruce Allison.