Historic 250-year-old oak tree to be cut down in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the next few days, Kansas City will say farewell to one of its oldest living residents – a historic landmark that has sat in the metro for the past 250 years.

The Frank Liberty Tree, one of the last Liberty trees in Missouri, has served as a gathering place for the community since the mid-1700s.

It sits behind a brick home in the historic northeast, where its mature branches have grown for two centuries, providing shade and a hidden piece of Kansas City history to all who pass by.

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However, as the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.”…

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