WYE OAK 2002 DESK

WYE OAK

WYE MILLS, MARYLABD

The great white oak fell in the spring of 2002. A violent thunderstorm did it in.

The giant white oak was more than 450 years old and for some of that time stood watch

over the village of Wye Mills. It stood proud as a fine but ailing specimen of the State Tree

of Maryland, a white oak.

This is a bit of information about what has happened to some of the fallen trees wood

savings.

McMartin & Beggins, furniture makers of St. Michaels, the owners being Jim

McMartin and Jim Beggins, have constructed from the remains a desk that has become a

permanent addition to the State House and will serve Maryland governors generations to

come. In this way the Wye Oak continues to live as a symbol of survival.

Governor Robert Ehrlich, Jr., the 2002 governor accepting the finished desk, said,

this is not my desk, it is the peoples desk and another proud symbol of our past.

Abstract: January & February, 2002 issue of Shore Living Magazine, article by

Ann E & Richard A Dorbin. Abstract by Harrison H. 04/28/18.