More than 150 years ago, the sycamore along Little Pipe Creek in New Windsor sprung from the earth as a meager sapling.

Now the tree, which has survived through the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression, stands an impressive 112 feet and boasts a trunk circumference of 27 feet ? dimensions that recently earned it the title of co-champion of “Maryland?s Biggest Tree” award.

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