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Dahlonega trucker safely delivers Capitol Christmas tree

By The Associated Press
Posted 8:57AM on Tuesday 30th November 2010 ( 13 years ago )
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dahlonega trucker Jeff Underwood has safely delivered a 67-foot-tall Englemann spruce from Wyoming to Washington, D.C., to be this year's U.S. Capitol Christmas tree.

It arrived on Monday and Wyoming Sens. John Barrasso and Michael Enzi were on hand to receive it.

Workers cut off some of the stump before raising it on the West Front of the Capitol. It will be decorated with ornaments made by Wyoming residents, and the lights will be switched on Dec. 7.

It's the first time the Capitol tree has come from Wyoming.

A search began a year ago in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the Capitol superintendent of grounds made his choice in July.

It was felled in November and loaded on a truck for a winding journey of nearly 5,000 miles with stops for 35 community celebrations, including last Wednesday and Thursday in Underwood's hometown.

(AccessNorthGa.com's Ken Stanford contributed to this story.)
Jeff Underwood, left, with some of the people who helped deliver the tree to Washington.
Pictures courtesy capitolchristmastree.org.

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