The only certainty is that Currey did have permission to cut down what was discovered to be the oldest tree on record. Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old.

One of the unique selling points of his land is that it is home to one of the state's oldest apple trees. The businessman, who is originally from Cumberland County and lives in Colorado ...

"There is something a little fantastic," wrote Edmund Schulman in the March 1958 National Geographic, "in the persistent ability of a 4,000-year-old tree to shut up shop almost everywhere ...

The City of Kyle has long planned to expand Old Stagecoach Road ... a compromise to preserve Jolene. “This tree is older than the United States of America. I think we need to preserve that ...

Jared Farmer. Photo by Annette Hornischer / American Academy in Berlin 2019 01 25 Jared Farmer’s Elderflora is a fascinating history of the world’s oldest trees as they’ve marked and been ...