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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAB_colonel-young-a-buffalo-soldier_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
Shaping a Park
Colonel Young: A Buffalo Soldier
The road to Moro Rock is part of the legacy of a young army officer who became America's first black national park superintendent. Captain Charles Young, a West Point graduate, commanded the cavalr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAA_the-naturalists_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
Shaping a Park
The Naturalists
Moro Rock is one of the places in Sequoia National Park where, in 1922, naturalists began "translating" the landscape for early park visitors. Naturalists offered walks, talks, and campfire programs which…
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Shaping a Park
Call the Cavalry!
The Parker Group owes its name to a cavalry officer who commanded troops here in 1893. Why was the military here? Congress established Sequoia National Park in 1890, but the National Park Service did not exist un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YA5_the-ccc-boys_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
Shaping a Park
The CCC Boys
Tunnel Log reminds us of the work of young men who struggled to survive the Great Depression in the 1930s. The drive-through hole in the log was carved by the "boys" of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y8E_auto-log_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
Auto Log
Base Diameter - 21 Feet
Fell in 1917. Since then many types of vehicles have been photographed on this unusual log driveway.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y8D_buttress-tree_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
Buttress Tree
Length 272 ft.
Base Diameter 20 ft.
Estimated Age 2,300 yrs.
Fell without warning June 3, 1959. The weather was clear with no wind. Sequoias lose their balance and fall when their shallow root systems are weaken…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NN1_general-sherman-tree_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
There it is! The largest tree on earth. Directly in front of you stands the biggest tree on the planet, the General Sherman Tree. Some trees grow taller, and some are bigger around, but no tree has greater mass. The amount of space taken up by its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKL_stephen-tyng-mather_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come to an end to the good that he has done.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTS7_middle-fork-canyon_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
An earlier road to Giant Forest, completed in 1903, quickly proved inadequate for increasing motor car use. Completion of a new road providing wider turns and less grade became a high priority, so a road survey of the Middle Fork Canyon was ordere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTRZ_cattle-cabin_Sequoia-National-Park-CA.html
This cabin was built by cattlemen who had acquired much of the Giant Forest land for grazing purposes prior to the establishment of Sequoia National Park in 1890. After the park's establishment, the land was leased to men who supplied meat and mil…