Lancaster County's "Old Sycamore" stood on land that was part of a 1718 Penn grant deeded to early settlers, and it was already there when Pennsylvania was "Penns Woods." Over the centuries it was documented as "Pennsylvania's Most Massive Tree," "The oldest sycamore in Pennsylvania," and "A more heroic sight would be hard to find in the world of trees." The state forestry department in Harrisburg, PA, estimated it to be over 250 years old in 1900. Measuring 27 feet in circumference, its main trunk has been visibly hollow since lightning struck it in 1957. The Pennsylvania Forestry Assoc. recognized it as over 300 years old in 1982, and Monumental Trees documented its girth as 25 feet, or 7.62 meters, in 2014.
