In Southeast AG真人百家乐 County, between Stassney Lane and McKinney Falls Parkway, is a tree that鈥檚 stood witness to history going back 300 years.
鈥�,鈥� a 103-foot-tall bald-cypress in , was added this week to the , established by the Texas Forest Service.
鈥淥ld Baldy鈥� was already mature enough way back in 1716 to shelter the expedition of a Franciscan priest, who noted the tree in his diary.
Amber Conrad, at McKinney Falls State Park, says 鈥淥ld Baldy鈥� had probably been there for quite some time when that expedition came through.
鈥淲ell, it is way over 500 years old, but we have to say at least 500, because that鈥檚 the bare minimum it could possibly be,鈥� said Conrad.
The same priest who spent some time under 鈥淥ld Baldy鈥� in 1716 had led another expedition a few years earlier that took him to a spot that would become the City of San Antonio.
McKinney Falls State Park offers guided tours Saturday mornings at 10:00 and afternoons at 2:00.
