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CROSS CUT OF REDWOOD TREE
ON DISPLAY AT CLIFF HOUSE GIFT SHOP, SAN FRANCISCO
1. Tree began to grow in 1253
2. Last of Crusades 1270
3. Joan of Arc defeats English 1453
4. Discovery of America 1492
5. Reign of Henry VIII ends 1547
6. Pilgrims landing at Plymouth 1620
7. Revolutionary War began 1775
8. War of 1812
9. Civil War 1861
10. Death of tree 1938–685 years old
This speciman is from a baby "Sempervirens" only 685 years old
and is 8 ft. in diameter. These trees grow to a height of 364 ft. and
36 ft. in diameter. There are Redwood Trees now living more than
5,000 years, and are considered the world's oldest living things.
The average tree grows about one inch in 14 years.
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