From holidays to class reunions, every tradition needs a start, and this year is perfect to create one for your family. But first, the backstory. When Dallas County's first physician Dr. John Cole’s son Joe Cole returned to the Dallas area from the Civil War, he “unknowingly plowed over a small pecan tree” with his mule team on his father’s acreage. So the story goes that … [Read more...] about Dallas County’s Oldest Tree Lighting Tradition Continues, Thanks To A Guy Named Joe