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Title: American forestry
Identifier: americanforestry221916amer (find matches)
Year: 1910-1923 (1910s)
Authors: American Forestry Association
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK 17 lent to the amount of timber that is cut from bottom of a well, is a privalege that is granted only about forty acres of average Minnesota timberland, to those who eschew the beaten paths of tourist some conception, at least, of the cubic contents of travel, but it is one the attainment of which justifies this tree can be secured. great sacrifice. If an early start is made by saddle animal and pack From Redwood Meadow there are two routes which train, the distance from Giant Forest to Redwood Mea- may be followed to reach the Great Canyon of the Kern; dows may be comfortably traversed in one day, and one trail follows Clifif Creek over the Great Western along the route an ever-changing view of the great can- Divide by Columbine Lake into Lost Canyon, and thence yon of the Middle Fork of the Kaweah presents itself, down the Big Arroyo over the end of the Chagoopa first on one hand and then the other, as the trail swings Plateau and down the canyon walls to the Kern River; around points down into small ravines and up over projected plateaus. At Redwood Meadow there is a grove of Sequoias which would seem to have been placed for the special de- lectation of the night camper. They encircle an open space in which has been constructed a crude table and fireplace so situated that one may still make his bed within the charmed circle without being too close to the kitch- en. The energetic attentions of the forest rangers ( for this is outside the Park and in the National Forest) keeps removed to a reasonable distance the earmarks of former occupants, which, in spite of the requests of posted signs, are ever evident in the form of empty cans which mark the wake of the tenderfoot. To lie beneath the open sky in this enchant- ed circle and gaze up at the stars, which seem to be seen as from the
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THE GRAND SENTINEL This impressive peak is aptly named. It watches over the river that washes its base in moods varying from the placid stream of autumn to the raging torrent of early spring. the other continues along Deer Creek over Timber Gap to Mineral King, from which two other routes are available, one crossing Farewell Gap and leading to Soda Spring on the Kern River, the other crossing the great western di- vide near Franklin Lake over Frank- lin Pass just north of Florence Peak and down the Rat- tlesnake to the Kern River. Per- haps the most in- teresting route of anv is the one which zigzags back and forth, crossing the great western divide at Coyote Pass, entering the lower end of the Kern Canyon at Soda Springs. This route de\'elops eighteen miles of trail on the floor of the Kern Can- yon and takes in practically the en- tire length of that portion which is confined between )irecipitous walls. It is not, however, so picturesque as the route over Franklin Pass and cuts out the fas- cinating trail down Rattlesnake Creek,

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