This oak tree was grown from an acorn saved from the Deaf Smith tree, which stood for almost 180 years on what is now the Circle N Dairy, about 300 yards from FM 775 near the Wilson-Guadalupe County line. In 1835, high up in that tall oak, where one could see far and wide, Erastus "Deaf" Smith, a scout for Gen. Sam Houston, is reported to have spied on Santa Anna's troops camped nearby where the Gonzales Road crossed Cibolo Creek about one mile from here. Iris and Skipper Seale grew the acorn into a sapling and transplanted it here on Nov. 18, 2007.