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CONWAY MOST FAMOUS OAKS

One of the famous oak trees in Conway is the Mary Beaty Oak. It stands on the same block as the wade Hampton oak. Mary Beaty is know as the shotgun wielding defender of the Wade Hampton oak. The circumference of this tree is 9'4".

Another oak is the alligator oak. This oak is across from the Beaty and the Wade Hampton Oak in the cemetery of the First United Methodist church. The name comes from an unusual pattern in the bark of the big limb that branches to the right. By looking at the large knot as an eye, an alligator's snout can be seen pointing down the main trunk of the tree. The reptile's body and tail seem to wrap around the upper section of the limb.

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The Burroughs oak is located on the grounds of the old Burroughs school. The circumference of this oak is 8'10'.

The Lakewood oak is near the Lakewood cemetery 10th Ave. The circumference is 7'8'.

The 10th Avenue oak is a young avenue of oaks planted down the center median. The average circumference is 6 ft.

The Wade Hampton oak stands on the corner of Main street and 5th Avenue and is marked with a plaque and boxed in by a brick planter. This circumference is 9'5.

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The Hanging oak stands across the street from Conway City Hall at the corner of Main street and Third Avenue. Public executions were held here until the 1908 constructions of a "state-of-the-art" jail which included a special room for execution. Conway was the site of the last legal hanging in south Carolina which took place in 1909. The circumference of this oak is 9'5'.

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The Confederate oak is Conway confederate monument. Its base is a simple granite markers,which unlike most confederate markers, bears no stance of a vigilant soldier.