ideastream: John Grabowski, the Krieger Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History, provided his expertise in a story about a historic English oak tree being replanted at Rockefeller Pond in ...

OAKVILLE — An English oak tree linked to Olympic great Jesse Owens was planted by three of his granddaughters Thursday on soil where the grandson of former slaves got his start as a runner.

“Sing for the Oak Tree, the Monarch of the Wood.” These words were written by English poet Mary Botham Howitt, who died in 1888. She may be best known for her amusing creation, “The Spider and the Fly ...

Ashley Rizan of Port Angeles, left, and her daughter, Zoe Rizan, 6, get assistance from City Shade project volunteer Drea Moore with picking out the perfect English oak tree during Saturday’s tree ...