Council Oak

Council Grove, KS

Council Oak

3rd and Main. Before a windstorm destroyed this tree in 1958, it was 70 feet high and 16 feet around. On August 10, 1825, representatives from the Great Osage and the Little Osage tribes and three U.S. commissioners met under this tree and signed a treaty giving Americans and Mexicans passage through Osage territory in exchange for $800. The tree stump has been preserved beneath a canopy.

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