The Million Dollar Monarch at Armstrong and Preston will get lit tonight. Skip to content. ... You can’t miss the 75-foot-by-75-foot pecan tree at the corner of Armstrong Parkway and Preston Road.

Years later, according to legend, then-landowner Hugh Prather Sr. was offered $1 million for the land, including the tree, and the Million Dollar Monarch moniker was born.

But that tree was removed this fall out of safety concerns. It was known as The Million Dollar Monarch, the gateway to Highland Park, and a gathering place for a beloved tradition.

The subject of his short film Million Dollar Monarch is, no kidding, a tree -- specifically, the familiar... A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention this ...

But the "Million Dollar Monarch" is showing its age. "This tree has gone into a pretty severe decline. It's gone far enough that it can't be pulled out of it," says Certified Arborist Hannah ...