Historic Osage Orange Tree Photo Op

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Fort Harrod, the first pioneer settlement in Kentucky in 1774, has been reconstructed as a history park in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. You can go tour the fort and see how those first pioneers lived. There’s a picnic area in front of the fort where the unofficial largest Osage orange tree in the county is located. It isn’t the officiaI largest tree …

Mysteries Solved – Winners Chosen

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Do you know what this is? It’s a hedge apple and this has been a banner year for them. The hedge apple is the fruit of the Osage Orange tree and is a native tree in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas where the Osage Indians lived and thus the name. Ranchers once planted the trees as hedges that served …