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Witness Trees: The Heth Wounding Tree
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Witness Trees: The Heth Wounding Tree

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Witness Trees: The Heth Wounding Tree

Kevin Boyd2022-12-22T00:05:09-05:00December 7th, 2017|History|

There are numerous witness trees that dot the Gettysburg battlefield and numerous stories have been told with the trees playing an important role. One of these, while only a stump of a white oak tree today, is going to be lost to history very soon as it is decaying. Fighting swirled around the tree but [...]

The Battles of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines
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The Battles of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines

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The Battles of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines

Kevin Boyd2022-12-22T00:05:21-05:00July 13th, 2017|History|

Trees can lend their names to many things, from people to towns. It should be no surprise that they can lend their names to battles as well. One particular battle of the Civil War was given a different dendrologic name by each side. It was not the biggest or the bloodiest battle of the war [...]

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Aged Woods, Inc, was started in 1984 by Donald Sprenkle, Jr. as First Capitol Wood Products, Inc. He had been restoring an old stone farmhouse in southern York County and wanted to use cypress in his bathroom and shower. He contacted a local “used wood dealer”, as they were known then, and contracted to buy a small quantity of cypress removed from mushroom houses in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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All planks are kiln-dried to under 10% (typically 8% +/- 2%) moisture content prior to milling to minimize seasonal movement. Wood does absorb and expel moisture depending on its environment causing changes in shape and dimension; all movement cannot be eliminated. Certain species in particular and wide planks in general are more susceptible to this movement and gaps may occur during the heating season. All planks are precisely milled and graded to ensure a high quality finished installation while preserving the exceptional character inherent in each species, especially the weathered Antique Distressed® products.

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