(mailto:[email protected]) The marker is located at the southern edge of the park next to West End Avenue. I'm not sure what happened to the tree. I seem to remember that it was diseased and had to be cut down. Don't take that to the bank, though. Cockrill Spring historic marker, THC 3 A 36 THE HOUSE OF JOHN COCKRILL, AN EARLY SETTLER, STOOD ABOUT 60 YARDS NORTH, NEAR A LARGE SPRING, WHOSE WATERS RAN NORTHEAST INTO LICK BRANCH, WHICH EMPTIED GREAT SALT LICK, AROUND WHICH NASHVILLE WAS FOUNDED. A BLACKSMITH SHOP STOOD UNDER THE GREAT OAK TREE NEARBY. THE SPRING WAS A STOPPING PLACE FOR TRAVELERS ALONG NATCHEZ TRACE. (THC 3 A 36) Source: The Parks of Nashville by Leland R. Johnson and _http://travel.nostalgiaville.com/Tennessee/Davidson/37203univ/univer18.gif_ (http://travel.nostalgiaville.com/Tennessee/Davidson/37203univ/univer18.gif) Try writing George Zepp, who does the Learn Nashville column for the Tennessean. He may be able to tell you what happened to the tree. You can find his contact information at tennessean.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.