Tag: redwoods

The Wawona Tunnel Tree a 2,300-year-old wonder of Yosemite National Park

In 1881, two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 ($1,664 in 2016) for the job of cutting a tunnel through the tree to enlarge…

The men who felled the mountain giants of Sierra Nevada California

Paul Pinkerton

The giant redwoods are the worlds largest trees. When the pioneers of north America came upon these monsters, they must have been spellbound by them.…

The 2,300-year-old Wawona Tunnel Tree in Yosemite National Park

Paul Pinkerton

In 1881, two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 ($1,664 in 2016) for the job of cutting a tunnel through the tree to enlarge…

The men who felled the giants of Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

Paul Pinkerton

The giant redwoods are the worlds largest trees. When the pioneers of north America came upon these monsters, they must have been spellbound by them.…