KMBC Kansas City

Civil War cannonball found lodged in tree at Independence home

THE DECADES-OLD TREE AT PLEASANT AND WALNUT IN INDEPENDENCE WAS DISEASED AND HAD TO COME DOWN. THE MAN HIRED TO DO THAT WAS CHOPPING UP LEFTOVER PIECES WHEN THIS FELL OUT, A CIVIL WAR CANNONBALL. >> ...
The Brooklyn Paper

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: Local org lights tree in Cannonball Park for first time in Bay Ridge history

A Christmas tree is twinkling in Cannonball Park for the first time in Bay Ridge history after a celebratory lighting ceremony on Nov. 30. NIA Community Services Network kicked off the holiday season ...
WDAF-TV

Independence tree that held Civil War cannonball to transformed into useful artwork

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — After crews found a ...
The Ledger

Plant to Ponder: Cannonball Tree

Native from Panama to northern South America, cannonball tree bears fleshy, orange-and-white, fragrant flowers year-round on specialized lower branches. Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianansis) is ...