Flossie Beadle's attempt to stop the destruction of the cork elms 1960s, trees that were doomed by the road expansion from horse and buggy use to 4 lanes wide

Lakeside Historian Flossie Beadle blocking the excavator

Flossie Beadle tried to save them from being cut down on Woodside but in the end even her shotgun could not stop the removal the the trees to make the road wider, so, instead she talked the community into helping her transplant seedlings/offshoots to all the lakeside schools, like Lindo Park school.

the Cork Elms on the West side of Lakeside were imported from Australia in 1893, by the El Cajon Land Co, and planted by the school kids in Lakeside

There were 50 planted on each side. These were the only lane of Cork Elms in the USA. 

In Feb 1956, seven of the shade trees were cut down from the south lane for an entrance to a proposed shopping center (Safeway Vons) and though the promoter was on record as having promised that the trees would be preserved as an asset to the shopping center, of course, he was lying his ass off. By 1967 all the cork elms were cut down, or destroyed by pipeline construction destroying their roots

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In 2021, history repeated itself just feet away from the Cork Elm location. 

Lakeside resident Billy Ortiz learned from the county that 22 jacaranda trees the Lakeside Garden Club paid for, that he and his grandson helped plant a decade before, were scheduled to come down.

Volunteers planted them on a property along Woodside Avenue, in tribute to some trees long gone.

the Jacaranda trees at the front edge of the land alongside Woodside Avenue had to be removed by April 9, 2021 because most were unfortunately planted by volunteers within a 50 ft. easement established by the City of San Diego to protect existing water lines that connect the property to the main water service. 

Others interfered with the construction of the parking lot and number of spaces for the library and construction of the building itself.

Nearly 130 years ago, and a few feet away, school children planted 50 cork elms. In 1956, county officials wanted to take the trees down to widen the road. In the way was town historian Flossie Beadle.

According to a county spokesperson, the cost of relocating the trees is $10,000 for each tree and not financially "viable."

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/neighbors-rally-to-save-jacaranda-trees-at-site-of-new-lakeside-library