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Title "Big Lynn" the marrying tree, just prior to "being felled in January 1965
Date January 11, 1965
Description A photograph showing the famous tree "Big Lynn" known as the marrying tree, just before it was cut down in January of 1965.
Location Location Name: Little Switzerland
Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147
Creator Individual Dale Sipes
Tags Big Lynn Tree
Little Switzerland (N.C.)
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Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway