Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-10-01

| the lower ones of which swept the
ground. Like the young trees of to-
day, the ancient sequoia and the
clump of trees Of similar age which
grew close to it must have been a
charming adornment of the landscape.
BY the time of Marathon the trees
had lost the hard, sharp lines of
youth, and were thoroughly mature.
The lower branches had disappeared,
up to height of a hundred feet or
more; the giant trunks were disclosed
| as bare, reddish columns covered with
ness; the upper branches had ac-
| quired slightly dropping aspect; and
| the spi1y foliage, far removed from
| the ground, had assumed a graceful,
| rounded appearance. Then for CEN
turtles, through the days Of Rome, the
Dark Ages and all the period of the
growth of European civilization, the
ancient giants preserved the same APP
pearance, strong and solid, but with a
| strangely attractive, approachable
quality"
The Sequoias are found scattered
all over the park, which has an area
of 161, 597 acres, but the greater trees
are gathered in 13 groups of many
acres each, where they grow close to-
gether.
The following is list of few OF
the principal trees, with their names,
height, and diameter:
Giant Forest Grove.
General Sherman, height, 279.9 feet;
diameter, 36.5 feet.
Abraham Lincoln, height, 270 feet;
diameter, 81 feet.
William Mckinley, height, POI feet;
diameter, % feet.
Muir Grove.
Dalton, height, 292 feet; diameter,
81 feet.
Garfield Grove.
California, height, 26O feet; diam
eter, 80 feet.
General Grant Grove.
General Grant, height, 264 feet;
diameter, 35 feet.
feet; diameter, 20 feet.
The General Sherman tree was dis
covered by James Wolverton, hunt
er and trapper, on August z, 1879, at
which time he named the tree in
honor of General Sherman, under
whom he had served during the war.
The dimensions of this tree are as
follows:
Feet.
Height ................... .2l9.3
Base circumference ........... .102.8
base diameter ............... oz.N
Greatest diameter at base. ..... 36.5
Circumference IT, above ground Sc
Diameter TT. above ground. -. 27.4
Diameter 100 #. above ground. III
Home of the Golden Trout.
The general country is one of the
most beautiful in America, Astounding
in splendid streams, noble valleys,
striking ridges, and towering noun
tains. Some of the best trout fishing
in the world is found here. The park
is the home of the celebrated golden
trout, which is found nowhere elre in
such perfection of color.
These mountains and valleys form
literally one of the most available
pleasure spots on the continent. 1t Is
easily travelled and abounds in fine
camping grounds. The water is drink
able in all the streams. Aside from
the sequoias the largest, oldest, tall
est, and most valuable forest trees are
found here. There are forests of pipe,
fir, cedar, and many deciduous trees
that are fairly royal. There are many
shrubs, wild flowers, ferns and moses
Of wonderful luxuriance and beauty.
1t is park of birds.
In laying out the boundaries Of Se-
quota National park some OF the most
superb of American scenic country
was yqaccountably omitted. Just to
the north lies the wonderful valley Of
the Kings river with it's spectacular
canyon and picturesque mountains,
while directly on the east, over the
Great Western divide, lies the valley
of the Owens river Nidely celebrated
for its beauty Moure Whitney, on it's
east bank, is the loftsest mountain in
the United States. These two dis
tricts are easily reached from the ma
tionai park, OF which they are in eff
feet, though not in administration and
protection, natural part.