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Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite

(via riversidearchives)

George Fiske, Landscape Photographer, Yosemite 1875.

Print of Grizzly Giant (Sequoia gigantea), from the Mariposa Grove, Yosemite, California. Speculation about the age of this tree, known as the “Grizzly Giant” is estimated to be around 3,000 years old. A wonderful article Trees of Yosemite by Mary Curry Tresidder at the link. 

Grizzly Giant statistics:  94’ Girth at Base; 200’ Tall