{"id":7816,"date":"2023-11-30T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=7816"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:03:24","slug":"the-twin-oaks-of-tn-tech","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/project\/the-twin-oaks-of-tn-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twin Oaks of TN Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Sitting in the heart of the Tennessee Tech University campus, the twin Post Oaks, <i>Quercus stellata,<\/i> are over three hundred years old and have been a part of the development of the Upper Cumberland area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The two trees sit alongside the historic Old Walton Road, completed in 1801, connecting settlements in East Tennessee to those in Middle Tennessee.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This route hosted the migration of all kinds of tribes and people, such as the Cherokee and Yuchi.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bison herded by native Americans would have grazed a route alongside these trees, that later, early pioneers would have used for their travels from Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">An inn once stood on the site of Tech\u2019s current football stadium, welcoming those early pioneers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>After the inn burned, the site became known as the \u201cOld Burnt Stand Place\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In 1890 the Tennessee Central Railroad was built along Walton Road, connecting Nashville and Knoxville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The twin oaks are over 70 feet tall with the largest diameter over 11 feet and an average crown spread of 66 feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Historic Trees, 2023.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Nominated by DeLayne Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting in the heart of the Tennessee Tech University campus, the twin Post Oaks, Quercus stellata, are over three hundred years old and have been a part of the development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[17,26,42],"project_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/7816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7816"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/7816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7832,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/7816\/revisions\/7832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=7816"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tufc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=7816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}