Well, I spoke to mom and dad today and they explained to me the problem that the Wakarusa Fire Department had when they cut off the top 15 feet of the Eby tree.
Apparently the trunk of the top 15 feet was still 15 inches in diameter and would not fit into the tree stand for the town square.
As I reflect back over the life of this tree, I recall a time long before airsoft guns, way before paintball, before laser tag was even a thought. Back in the 70's Todd Crist would stand at the top of the hill behind our house with a BB gun and shoot at Scott Crist who was running as fast as he could to get behind that very pine tree.
Scott had a huge welt on his leg after that incident.
Photo Courtesy of Gene Klein in 2003
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