In 1931, Major Frederick Russell Burnham commissioned a survey near Bull Flat Creek in Humboldt County, a spot where Save the Redwoods League founder Madison Grant believed the world's tallest tree might be found. When the tree, a 364-foot redwood, was indeed found, the California State Park Commission dedicated the tree to the founders of the Save the Redwoods League on September 13, 1931: "As a living monument symbolizing eternal life and duration of our gratitude." Please view this short, silent video of archival footing, memorializing the struggle to save the redwoods HERE.
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Earlier Event: August 6
Tuesday Trades: Revisiting a Reconstruction
Later Event: August 10
Tuesday Trades: Shoemaking and the Curious Black Ball