Odd Facts

Landowning Tree

One of the oldest property owners in the city of Athens, GA is a White Oak. A deed granted by Col. William H. Jackson, dating back to 1820, states that the tree own the 64 square feet of land on which it grows in addition to owning itself. The deed was granted in the Colonel’s will to protect the beloved oak. Unfortunately, the original tree blew down during a storm in 1952, but the citizens of Athens planted another, grown from one of the original tree's acorns.

Sleeping Tree

In 1927, a group left Bombay to look into rumors about a tree that lay down at night and went to sleep. As explained by in a publication in the Bombay Chronicle, the tree slowly inclined toward the earth at nightfall, until by midnight it lay completely on the ground. It then began to rise slowly and would stand upright by dawn.