Dr. Franklin Reinhardt was a member of the Boy Scout Troop 110 in 1940 that planted a Ginkgo tree near the Barton County Courthouse in Great Bend. The Ginkgo tree is one variety of tree that survived the atomic bomb in Japan and there are only three known Ginkgo trees in Great Bend.
Great Bend Chamber of Commerce CEO and Great Bend Rotary member Jan Peters says a special dedication for the unique tree took place Monday.
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Reinhardt was back in Great Bend to assist with the dedication that was sponsored by the Rotary Club. The dedication featured a stone marker so that future generations will know how the odd tree came to its present location in Great Bend.
The other two known Ginkgo trees in Great Bend are at 16th Street & Jackson and 2611 Broadway.
For Rotary Clubs throughout the world, 2018 is the “Year of the Tree.”