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SEQUOIA
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SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK
Sequoia National Park was created by Congress in 1890
and troops were sent in to expel colonists who had
hunted and grazed the area for some 30 years. The age
of the Sequoia (not the oldest living thing as some
people think) is from 1,500 to 3,000 years. Most of the
tall trees have been broken at the top by lightning.
The park covers some of the wildest country on the
west side of the Sierra Nevadas. Here are to be
found the largest trees in the world. Hale Tharp, a
Three Rivers farmer, saw Sequoia in 1856 where he
met the Yokut Indians. He said he never knew of a
theft or murder among them. In 1858 Tharp discovered
the Giant Forest after being told about the big trees
by the Indians. At one time the Sequoia was the dom-
inating tree of the northern hemisphere, but with the
Ice Age its range became more restricted. The first
white man to see the tree was the Joseph Walker party
in 1839. . . . M.P.
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Photo-color by Merle Porter
O & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
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