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Kyle's
Famous Trees
Big Trees - Short Stories
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Gould, the 19th Century railroad magnate decided that his International-Great
Northern Railroad needed a station between Austin and San Marcos.
He made a deal with property owners David Moore and Fergus Kyle and
200 acres of their former land was auctioned off in 1880 under the
Kyle Auction Oak. |
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The
auctioning off of town site lots
occurred under this tree in October of 1880
TE
photo, April 2001 |
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The
Kyle Auction Oaks
TE
photo, Dec. 2000 |
The
Auction Oak is located inside Kyle
on Sledge Street, about two blocks south of Center Street. Since there
seem to be two distinct trunks, it is sometimes referred to as The
Auction Oaks.
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