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Texas City Is Relocating a 400-Year-Old Oak Tree Named 'Jolene.' It'll Cost Nearly $1 Million
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The total cost to move the Old Stagecoach Heritage Oak Tree, which spans 51 inches in diameter, totals about $932,800, according to the city of Kyle.
NBC affiliate KXAS reported that the tree, whose future was uncertain until earlier this year, is about 400 years old and known by many as "Jolene."
“The tree is older than the United States,” local protester Casey Landers said in January, according to the station.
"I have lived in Kyle for 25 years and that tree has been a HISTORIC part of our town.
A Kyle city official did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for additional information.