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Show Citizens miss pioneer pine tree Passersby, especially students stu-dents of the high school, will miss the tall pine tree between the Seminary building and the i Oakley home on Second East Fourth South. It was stripped ,f of its branches and cut down "i ear'y this week. I Believed to be nearing a V hundred years old, the pine 4 Was planted by Henry Man-t Man-t waring, Wh0 came to Spring ville in 1871. He built a 2-room cabin on that corner and planted the tree, possibly the same year. It was a rare species spe-cies for this area and towered nearly a hundred feet. Old, yet beautiful, it was believed to be dangerous especially when the wind blew from the northwest. Don Raven of Salt Lake removed the tree. |