Boy looking at a scythe in an oak tree

Black and white photograph of a boy looking at a "scythe in the oak at the old Green House in Elyton. A legend is that a boy going to the Confederate Army placed it there to remain until he returned. He never came back. The tree was cut down to make place for the Elyton Housing project and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962
Format: Electronic
Published: Birmingham Public Library
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Online Access:https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16044coll10/id/16
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Summary:Black and white photograph of a boy looking at a "scythe in the oak at the old Green House in Elyton. A legend is that a boy going to the Confederate Army placed it there to remain until he returned. He never came back. The tree was cut down to make place for the Elyton Housing project and the relic came down with it." - William H. Brantley