|
|
Article: OUTCRY HALTS TREE CUTTING
- Article from:
- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- March 21, 1988
CopyrightCopyright, 1988, Post-Tribune. All rights reserved. REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. (Hide copyright information)
|
PHOTO - 2
Stumps mark an area that has been cleared of trees along U.S. 20 near Furnessville. (Photo by John Mitchell)
Residents have rallied to save this elm tree along a stretch of U.S. 20 being cleared by the Indiana Department of Highways. (Photo by John Mitchell)
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
A public uproar has brought a temporary halt to tree cutting by the Indiana Department of Highways on U.S. 20, giving a lease on life to a magnificent old elm tree that has become a tourist attraction.
The elm, whose limbs extend over the eastbound lanes of U.S. 20, was slated to be cut down this week. But Lee Wright, the highway department's Valparaiso ...