Avenue Of Oaks 2 I Am The Way
by Reid Callaway
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Avenue Of Oaks 2 I Am The Way
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Reid Callaway
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Avenue Of Oaks 2......by Reid Callaway
I Am The Way
This is scripture put with photography so as to impact lives for eternity... Put it on your wall, wear it on a shirt, make it your cell phone cover or mail it in a card. Buy it like someone's life depended on it! Share the love of Jesus!
Blessings.... Reid
About the Image......
The Avenue of Oaks which Stephen Malkoff often calls Oak Alley, is located on Retreat Avenue on St. Simons Island, Georgia. It is said that Anne Page King planted this famous oak-lined pathway more than 150 years ago. The oaks highlight the entrance to the Sea Island Golf Club. Visitors are invariably captivated by the beautiful natural canopy provided by the thousands of live oak trees that grow to such majestic sizes in this area.
The Avenue of Oaks originally served as the entrance to Retreat Plantation, an antebellum plantation known for its superior quality sea island cotton and extensive flower gardens.
Live oaks are known for their enormous size and vast networks of twisting, winding limbs. They are so named because their deep green leaves retain their color throughout the year. Live oak wood is hard, heavy, and difficult to work with, but very strong. In the days of wooden ships, live oaks were the preferred source of the framework timbers of the ship, using the natural trunk and branch angles for their strength. In the early days, St. Simons Island supported a thriving lumber industry. Oak timbers, cut from Cannons Point, were used in 1794 to build the U. S. frigate Constitution, the density of the wood grain allowed it to survive cannonade, thus earning it the nickname "Old Ironsides". In 1874, timbers from the island were also cut for use in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. While many trees in this area are older, legend holds that the average life span of a live oak is 300 years.
Description partly written by Stephen Malkoff.
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