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McDade Magnolia Tree Recognized as Historic

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By: Ruben Borjas, Jr., Columnist, Montgomery County News
| Published 09/14/2024

Photo credit: Mark Canada
McDade Estates in 1971, the year the subdivision opened
James McDade, property owner, approximately 1921, standing near his cabin and car with the magnolia he protected from destruction.
Photo Credit: Mark Canada
Steve Kasmiersky Jr. shares his reflections of the tree and of his fathers’ time when they developed McDade Estates in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  In the background, the old magnolia tree shows her age with its hollow center.    Photo credit: Mark Canada
Marion Lineberry, left, of the Texas Historic Tree Coalition, stands with Ron Saikowski, right, the tree preservationist who submitted all the documentation to the THTC for approval Photo credit: Mark Canada
Photo credit: Mark Canada
McDade Estates in 1971, the year the subdivision opened
James McDade, property owner, approximately 1921, standing near his cabin and car with the magnolia he protected from destruction.
Photo Credit: Mark Canada
Steve Kasmiersky Jr. shares his reflections of the tree and of his fathers’ time when they developed McDade Estates in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the background, the old magnolia tree shows her age with its hollow center. Photo credit: Mark Canada