It’s time for a reverent stroll among Erie County’s ancient sentinels—trees that have outlasted empires, outgrown sidewalks, and outlived generations. Twisted, towering, and quietly majestic, these arboreal elders wear their age in bark and branch, each one a living monument to time’s strange choreography. We’ve sought out the oldest, the largest, the most gloriously gnarled, inviting you to meet the wild souls rooted deep in Erie’s soil.