Title: Locke Breaux Live Oak, On River Road Taft (LA), Chrome PM 1964
Description:
THIS MAGNIFICENT TREE, THE OLDEST LIVE OAK KNOWN, SPROUTED IN 1657. IT NOW HAS A GIRTH OF 35 FEET, A SPREAD OF 166 FEET AND IS 75 FEET IN HEIGHT. BY VIRTUE OF ITS SIZE, IT IS "PRESIDENT" OF THE LIVE OAK SOCIETY. A CONVENIENT ROAD CIRCLES THE TREE, AND PICNIC FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED BY THE COLONIAL DAIRY, ON WHOSE PROPERTY IT GROWS.
