The flag’s origins are not fully known, however, it may have originated from the formation of the Murray River League in 1850. It resembles Australian flags from the 19th century.
There is a submerged forest of petrified trees in 12 meters (40 feet) of water in Lake Huron, about three kilometers from Lexington's present shore.
According to carbon-dating analysis, some of the underwater exemplars can be approximately eight thousand years old. Studying those sunken trees may reveal many secrets of North American prehistory.