Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — Petrified Oaks Under Ground. [ARTICLE]

Petrified Oaks Under Ground.

Fremont, Neb.—Petrified trunks of oak trees have been found 30 feet under ground in sandpits here. A theory advanced is that the trees were burled several centuries ago when the stream that is now the Platt ri'-er cut Its channel through here. There are now no oak trees in the Platte river valley except transplanted specimens.