Nature
A white oak began its life in 1670 and was 79 years old when the first white settlers arrived in Pocahontas County, 193 when Civil War soldiers took shelter behind its trunk, and 258 when Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park was formed. A derecho storm in 2012 damaged it heavily, and it died at 343 years old in the late spring of 2014, returning to the earth and sky that had nurtured it as a longsuffering and silent witness to the events surrounding this spot.
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