Once it was felled, parts of the tree were taken from Big Stump Grove, Kings Canyon National Park to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and to the British Museum in London. Both pieces are still in existence to this day.
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A logging family stands by the 1,300 year-old, 330 foot-tall sequoia tree known as “Mark Twain” in 1892.
To bring down a tree of this size a lumberjack needs more than the right tooIs, they need pure grit, gumption, and a lot of help. In order to fell this massive tree, loggers took eight painstaking days in 1891 to bring it down. The sequoia wasn’t just brought down by a mighty saw and a couple of guys, the loggers also had to dig trenches around the tree to make sure that it broke evenly once it was felled.
Once it was felled, parts of the tree were taken from Big Stump Grove, Kings Canyon National Park to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and to the British Museum in London. Both pieces are still in existence to this day.
Once it was felled, parts of the tree were taken from Big Stump Grove, Kings Canyon National Park to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and to the British Museum in London. Both pieces are still in existence to this day.
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so interesting!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing, but sad. They thought the supply was inexhaustable. Then improved technology kept making the work easier. Now 90% of those trees are gone entirely.
ReplyDeleteHow awful!!! I'm very happy there are protections for these beautiful giants.
ReplyDeleteThe first question that popped up into my my mind was 'was that tree showing signs of illness that justified cutting it down?'. But of course that's only contemporary thinking. Back in these days people only thought about the benefit they'd get from such a huge piece of fine raw material. Wait... isn't that what's still going on with the Amazonian forest?
ReplyDeleteLike they say: nothing changes - because us humans never learn.
Sad indeed.
P.S.: as much as I love Museums, let's not forget that they are partly filled with relics of pillages and other destructions - e.g. you may want to look up the sack of Beijing.
Laurent - So many artifacts aren't home where they should be.
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