Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-09-12
The Mammoth Tree Grove Of California
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Last Wednesday morning left my resi-
dence in San joaquin county and took up my
line of march for this locality and arrived
here about p. NJ. yesterday On my way
hither passed through Sonora and Column
bia, crossinSShc Stanislau5 at Ahbcy's Fer
ry,' in the mountains. The road from Sono-
ra to this place big 'rree) is in splendid or
der, and can be travelled with perfect safety
in buggy or carriage. The distance from
Sonora, via Murphy's Camp, is twenty-five
miles. On arriving at this place was sur
prsed to find a first class hotel with every
convenience of similar establishment in
large city. 1t was well fitted up for the ac
commodatIon of ladies', being amply provided
with bedrooms, parlors, &c. there is also a
commodious stable on tho ground. which wIll
accommodate some forty horses
In the body OF the big tree there is a house.
~ by 50, which contains two fine bowling al-
leys. The stump Of the tree is intended for
ball room. ! measured the stump myself.
at a distance Of eight feet from the ground.
and found it to be twcnty-six fect in diane
ter at the narrowest place. am indebted To
to Mr. Charles 5 Stevens for his Kindness in
guiding me through tho forest, and for giving
me the names Of the trees.
The Mammoth Tree Grove contains in its
valley eighty-fye monster trees in an area Of
hfty acres. The Big Tree snot the largest
tree in the grove, but 1t is the largest perfect
one. It is ninety-fve feet in circumference,
and measured, after it was cut down. 500 feet
in length, the stump standing eight f'.t
high. 1t is estimated by the grains of tine
stump to be 3 600 years old Five mon were
occupied twenty five days in telling it (Which
was done by boring and three weeks to strip
of its bark to the height Of flty-two feet
The Miner 5 Cabin is eighty feet in cir
eumterence and nearly 800 feet high it is
open in front about seventeen feet.
The Three Sisters are group evidently
grown from the same root about 500 feet
high, and ninety-two feet in circumference.
They are perfect, and the most beautiful
ones in the whole group.
The Pioneer s Cabin is $50 feet high
where the top is broken off, it has small
opening through it,
The Old Bachelor is quite forlorn look
ing gentleman, having many rents in his
back, and the toughest looking bark in the
whole group, and is 300 feet high, and sixty
feet in circumference.
The Husband and Wife are about go
feet high, and each 60 feet in circum ference.
They seem very atfectionate, leaning towards
each other at the top
The Family Group consists of twenty-six
trees, the father, mother and twenty-lour
children. The father, from appearance. was
oio"n u0"n n'uy years ago Inns tree
measured lto ieet IN circumference, and the
supposed height while standing was 4jO feet
the remaining length, where it was broken
of BY falling against another tree, is 800
feet. 1t is hollow the entire length, and
large snough to ride into it on horseback 49,
Nearly nall the trunk is embedded in the
ground, and measures % feet in diameter
above the surface.
Ihe Hermit stands entirely by itself,
ana is ozo ieet nigh and - feet in circum-
ference exceedingly straight and "yi"r"otri-
,rirh uo-,to, :. ,.o c...,., 200
Etine heloulc9 iS 'oV ieet hlSh ana ~
lees IN elrcum'erence @ err tNis IS the largest
-oE 900 foo, t",nn'tss - r AuL IL NoulL max max
ior,o S,o+ te;r,, t,,naiy ,n''iy o'',e,
No. feet
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and 327 feet S;gb '''' - - '1'"'' '''''
Tbe ,perrsyi7a,ia 60 oa1lol H.. ,,,.. ,..,,..,.
,ad;es of pb;iodoIn%i. is S2 foo, =, ~, ,%''2
and Az feer Licb
Tho Nh ,77ar,,;,,,.. o. 60. ,........
base and 3i0 feet birb INV
The Greon Nonnta;n S,,to, is 90 r,o. j.,
diameter and 400 r'st birh q"
IT,. N",L,r - S,-'o, ,.ioo
:, o;ro,,,, fora,,oo t,a oo.
ord tbo San 2n0 ,,'t ''''' 10 '-'' '''' ''S"
,Tbo S;ar,oso rr,;,a o,.d .l.,;- ,...-l.--
Tba Tuins baTe tr,rL pl' , ,,'e'. L I'M
orc ,enar,+n At - boi1,ht og Ao t-I, 'II.es Wt
are 3O6 feet higb ria Cr,r,li.o .t,ui. ~
.ho;r siao 40 - 90 toat ;o. U",'' o'"'''S %,
80 ieet high;
lhe plu haIu Stah'S -lhEi2 IN her grief .
!. entirsiv hsre sGd siirbT, wa III '.' S'IEe,
height is 800 feet, and the circufn r.ronco 90
feet.
Inc Aele ana Mary are named after two
70 he crore Tbo traos ',,a ','S. Sy o u[l'e
high and 6j in circumference, and are yerv
handsome.
me horseback hlde' IS an old fallen hol- .
~" sIunA oi -'V ieet IN length 1t IS sopa-
- * co.. wv IVY tHi's t,S me 7Pacc rld1en tNro /
.Isar "''1 10 ''0' 'N u''u1'cF IN 'he .
I-no1o T,,.,, C.L;., l. non
h;uh anS on 70 NHo'u "pout ooO Ieet
Tsb;n hos ee. ~ n.lCo o,leutiIeIehyJ' ne
80. l-as 49, naiIC" eI'lance TWO ana nan
49,. t.. Itsi' anu VIII SeaI - persons 1t 10 .
ThopI
,,aa 800 ~ t"e Iorest Is not tne largest
barL of 49, tI ~ I'"''us ~ snootuest .
80 n g.; 80 t-e II - -'V lccl hlSh /
Tho poo,,tEdS. .r1 E 80
oir.nrn fo.ouoo' W ',,I c'I, onn IS C' leet IN
-, 1,.;.L. Ai'- ~ o'V '1e' "lSH IL j. f.
Iinb. 'ho ta a'ii sioruel, any nehrIy iree oi
fnI and ro,,IsPr roo, - - VII" oe"u''-
Tbs aiti;uJa = ~ tLn r raP -oo r....,
San Froncisco ''' s'O'' - f'''O 'e'' "'''e |
Rev. Dr. Bushnell Of Hartford, writes from
California 10 the New York Indenandar,o
rrarb;c .coorn, of .boso i,o,,o,,so or.,,-. 49,
~ ~ 0'I"'' o '"e
greatest trees IN the world phc oil them, /
which had been felled, he ascertained by
counting the grains of the stump to be
twelve hundred and eighty wears old Wb.r
Msbomst wa, at nurse tLis free yeas snr,n,, .
~,
ing soy 'ie ie'efehu gentlemen
1T is forest, yet nothing that we mean by .