On July 1991, the mighty 300 year old Dunbar Oak was felled by storm winds. The following spring, several cuttings were taken from the still-standing trunk. One graft was successful.
On May 24, 2004, to commemorate Waukesha's 25 years as Tree City, U.S.A., the "new" Dunbar Oak returned to Bethesda Park where it was planted on the exact site of the original historic tree. The new tree is a cloned genetic duplicate of the original tree Col. Dunbar sat beneath.
| HM Number | HMSZ5 |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 34-06 |
| Year Placed | 2008 |
| Placed By | Waukesha County Historical Museum Funded by the Friends of the Waukesha Parks, Recreation & Forestry Dept |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 12:26am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16T E 398952 N 4762237 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.00610000, -88.23983333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 0.366', W 88° 14.39' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 0' 21.96" N, 88° 14' 23.40" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 262, 414 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 372-384 Dunbar Ave, Waukesha WI 53186, US |
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