Lighting of HP’s ‘Landmark Pecan Tree’ Going Virtual
The lighting of Highland Park’s Landmark Tree, like so many other events this year, is going virtual in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Take One Final Look at Big Pecan Tree
As a young girl, Patricia Essa Purcell Bagnall would walk with her grandmother on Lakeside Drive to fill jugs with artesian water and listen to tales of the “early days.”
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Of U.S. Flags and Pecan Trees
Thank you to Douglas Scott and others who submitted photos for last year’s Fourth of July Parade Memories special section. Readers can still find that multipage look at the parade’s history here.
Read moreTonight’s Annual Pecan Tree Lighting Still On
Barring an ice storm, I’ll be headed to the annual pecan tree lighting ceremony on Armstrong Parkway, which is as of
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Highland Park Could Replace Big Pecan with Much Smaller Tree
Mayor Margo Goodwin looked at the empty esplanade where Highland Park’s historic monarch pecan stood and envisioned old fashion azaleas – lots of low plants to replace the missing tall one.
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Podium Pecan
The wood harvested from the historic “Big Pecan” could stand again as podiums in every Highland Park ISD campus.
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Two Tree Lightings Return (In Person) Plus a Retirement
Tree lighting celebrations returned to the Park Cities in their more familiar forms in 2021 and gifted us with welcomed reminders and lessons: Park Cities people love Christmastime.
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HP Lights Landmark Tree
Like many holiday routines, the lighting of Highland Park’s Landmark Pecan Tree looked different this year, but the new tradition continued.
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Best of 2019: RIP, Big Pecan
Although Highland Park began fretting about the health of the Big Pecan at the corner of Armstrong and Preston well
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Newly-named ‘Landmark Tree’ Serves New Christmas Role
Highland Park leaders could still consider larger replacement for Big Pecan
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HP Christmas Traditions Continue With New Tree
The Highland Park tree lighting on Thursday honored old traditions while making a new one. The 150-year-old Big Pecan tree
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