"Big Tree Square Dance" South Daytona Florida Nature and Historic Landmark
$28.00Price
Big Tree Road was named for a giant live oak tree that became a tourist attraction in the early 1900s A giant tree had
a trunk circumference of 35 feet and a height of 100 feet. It’s branches reached out 157 feet. A platform was built in
the tree and used for square dances and tea parties.
The tree was estimated to be 2,000 years old October 1928, a brush fire broke out near the tree and fire consumed
the old tree. A bucket brigade failed to douse the fire, a month later the old tree finally toppled.
