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John Muir wishes Theodore Roosevelt a happy New Year and thanks him for his contributions to conservation. He specifically mentions Roosevelt saving the Tamalpais redwoods and Yosemite National Park. Muir’s daughter Helen Lillian Muir has been sick. He took her to the Mohave Desert for the healing dry air.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-27
1911-06-14
Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher); Myers, Myrtle L. O'Dell, 1880-1959
1911-06-15
Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher); Myers, Myrtle L. O'Dell, 1880-1959
This postcard shows a giant tree, known as the “Grizzly Giant,” in Mariposa Grove, California. A man, possibly Galen Clark, stands in front of the giant trunk, giving it a sense of scale.
The image appears to have been glued onto a different postcard.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The Grizzly Giant is another one of the big trees. This tree is 33ft in diameter and the first limb of this tree is 80 ft from the ground and is 7 ft in diameter while the top of the tree is 350 ft from the ground.”
This postcard depicts the Wawona Big Tree in Mariposa Grove, California. The scale of the tree can be seen by the passageway that has been cut through the trunk of the tree, allowing a horse-drawn carriage to pass through.
The image appears to have been glued onto a different postcard.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The next day we go again to another part of the grove and see another one of the big trees. This one called Wawona–the Indian name for big tree–You can judge the size of this tree from the six-horse wagon being driven thru the tunnel. Even thou [sic] the heart is cut away from this tree it seems to flourish and be plenty able to live and grow many more years.”
The front of the Winter, 1989, issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal shows a 1903 photograph of Theodore Roosevelt posing in front of a giant sequoia tree at the Mariposa Big Tree Grove in California. The back cover displays a 1906 political cartoon poking fun at Roosevelt’s active style of negotiation, making a conversation about railroad rate legislation look more like a wrestling match.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1989
A report on the Calaveras and Stanislaus big tree groves of California, prepared by the Division of Forestry with the intent of aiding preservation.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1900