Quirk of the Week: There is Balm in Gilead, and there was such a street in Mac

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Quirk of the Week: There is Balm in Gilead, and there was such a street in Mac

For good reason, McMinnville residents love their street trees. Then there are tree streets. Where Quirk comes in is the proliferation of concrete sidewalk stamps marking past tree-named streets, and other imprint remnants from 100 to 120 years ago. Gone, but not forgotten, are Ash, Spruce and Balm streets. Many are doubtless familiar with existing streets named for trees: Pine, Filbert, Cypress and Sandalwood streets and Oak Way, mostly distrib…