“This tree here is about 12 feet bigger around than Canada’s biggest eastern cottonwood tree, so to me that means we have the largest eastern cottonwood tree on earth,” Alan Bartels said.

Sierra Leone has been dealt a “great loss,” the country’s leader said Thursday, after its Cotton Tree, which served as a symbol of national freedom, was brought down.

A bulldozer clears the fallen Cotton Tree in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday May 25, 2023. Sierra Leone’s centuries-old iconic Cotton Tree, seen as a symbol of liberty and freedom by ...

There's a new art installation at Pueblo's Walk of Legends Park downtown. Here's what to know about the mosaic created by Jean and Tom Latka.

WHEELER COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - Pibel Lake Recreation Area is home to the Lower Loup Natural Resource District, geese and as of February 2025, the largest known cottonwood tree in Wheeler County.