The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-06

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Desert ption of the Famous Californi,
Vailey-Thot Mariposa Big Trees.
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4 azIss tl<yr rHE, He, N,ARIposA. BIG TREES. Il,
ri These magnificent grovths, know,
T. the learned earn 'dll as the Sequoia Gigaln
te', tea, ere about SIX miles up the : noun ii,
taiins, On the right Of the Mari Maripmos. m
y trail and can can only be reached by tax.
ing the branch trail at 'G!ark's. The,
are well worth seeing, and arc, :, general,
" visited BY the Yosemite travellers
The grove is scattered along over al an
extent of six miles or more. and and com. nm.
.pr1ses about six hundred trees. 1O1
these tue largest is the g Grizzly Giant .
which F.; Is 102 feet y in . circumference, is,
and d stands # quite alone il It's ,g,ri.sled
and savage dignity. Ohl Others stand Ii, il
groups Of twos and threes, over rolling
alopes'and sharp mountain spurs, bear.
ing, the most part such absurd and
maladroit names as the vanity or shall
! lovness ~ s Of caausal visitors appear tohave
suggested: Ex- Duke Gviin and other
political celebri.ics have left their
names here, only to be 81 succeeded by
other and later stars. = Of the names
bestowed for those who are yet living,
the most appropriate Was that Of a sturl-
dy, shapely, resolste.looking tree, near
~ one hundred / feet around, called
'Grant." of course, Washington and
Lafayette and.a the worthless of Amer
lean history, are represented in the
nomenclature Of the grove, but "Gra-
sces, : "Brothers, !" "Sisters," and such
like, are profusely scattered around
With the ephmeral titles Of politicians.
The average helghtz Of, the Marriposa
trees is about $50 feet, ,sand there ,i are
three or four which exceed 100 feet in
circumference. Scattered amongst
these giants are numerous ordinary
pines, largo enough to attract attention,
anywhere else, but ludicrous|y dwarfed
by comparison With the vast columns
Of wood and bark which seem to sup
port the sky. One seems to be in
some grand cathedral, arched and fret
ted with vernal tracery overhead and
isled in long vistas of mighty columns,
which lead away in every dfrection.-
Taking one Of these. giants separately,
itAdoes not appear overwhelming in size
because one loses the idea that it is a
tree; it seems more like some fantastic
enormity Of unknown origin. The
trunk, velvety with brown bark, OF (
SCARED with fires and storms, ris:s
massive and compact tGas an Egyptian
monolith, while above the rugged and
angular branches struggle widely out
against the sky. So have they strug-
sied for thousand years, defying tem-
pest, hail and snow: I, So Will. they still
bra,dish their arms above til" ! noun.
tain tops, when the men whose feeble
names they bear for the brief moment,
shall have been forgotten in dust OF
ages. The Mariposa Grove is included
in the grant made to this State by the,
National Congress with the Yosemite
Valley, though the trees aud valley are
not nro ine.::ded in, the same tract. The
trees are not now in the county whose
name they bear, but are in Fresno,
that portion of Mariposa having. been
set off from the original county, some
wears since. Galene CLARK, of the home
like ranch where we stop, is guardian
of the trses and valley. <~,-z r .....g|
IN THE VALLEY. ::-a"y
f The scenery Of Yosemite is savage
rather than sylvan, sublime rather than
pleasing: The. emotions which one ex.
periences are chiefly those Of ave.
There is almost nothing dulcet, pastor
al Or soothing about the sights or !
sounds Of the valley. The awful roar
ofIthei cataraots, the furious rush of the
torrents, the fearsome nights Of the
precipices, and the bold awful fronts Of
the mountain pcaks-all these inspire
the mind with sensations Of sublimity
rather than of beauty. There are some
exceptions to this general statement, is, 4
for f instance, the placid beauty Of Mir
Tor Lake, surrounded +by ! fringe Of
poplars aud willows, is a pleasing: PIC.