Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. Located four miles northeast of Arnold in the middle elevations of the Sierra
Giant sequoias in Calaveras South Grove
Shortly after their discovery by Europeans, giant sequoias were subject to many exhibitions
Discovery Tree, the largest known Giant Sequoia, was cut down. An adult person is standing on the platform trunk
John Muir for Mother of the Forest
Pioneer Cabin Tree
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The Pioneer Cabin Tree, also known as The Tunnel Tree, was a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California. It was considered one of the U.S.'s most famous trees, and drew thousands of v
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
…Sperry, founder of the Murphys Hotel, so that tourists could pass through it. The tree was chosen in part because of the large forest fire scar. The Pioneer Cabin Tree, as it was soon called, emulated the tunnel carved into Yosemite's Wawona Tree, and was intended to compete with it for tourists. Along with the 1850s…
The Pioneer Cabin Tree in 2006
A stereoscope image of the Pioneer Cabin Tree with people and horse passing through (c. 1867–1899)