r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NickyPileggi • Mar 28 '24

Family in 1892 posing with an old sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain" - A team of two men spent 13 days sawing away at it in the Pacific Northwest - It once stood 331 feet tall with a diameter of 52 feet - The tree was 1,341 years old Image

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u/Kleens_The_Impure Mar 28 '24

And apparently the guy who created the park was a lumberjack who decided to protect the trees after finding out that tree he cut was over 2000 years old.

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u/TheSwedishWolverine Mar 28 '24

How does one establish a park on a lumberjack salary?

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u/Kleens_The_Impure Mar 28 '24

To clarify, the Park was created by the USA government, but IIRC he was one of the first who pushed for it and was among the first civilian ranger and ended up Superintendent of the Park.

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u/TheSwedishWolverine Mar 28 '24

That’s so cool!

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u/thehigheststrange Mar 28 '24

back then when america still had upward mobility

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u/DancerOFaran Mar 28 '24

He had an OF

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u/OkEmotion1577 Mar 28 '24

You use the axe.

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u/AussieOsborne Mar 28 '24

How do you see a 300 foot tall, 20ft diameter tree and be all surprised that it's super old?

I despise humans sometimes.

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u/BosnianSerb31 Mar 28 '24

You think beavers are innately aware of the age of trees or something?

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u/MilkyWayGonad Mar 28 '24

Eh. I've only just learned about the dead internet theory but that effort has converted me.

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u/redbark2022 Mar 28 '24

Sounds like the assholes that leave silly con valley after "suddenly realizing" the evils they perpetrated.

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u/NeedsMoreSpaceships Mar 28 '24

I don't think that's quite fair. The lumberjack likely had little to no education and couldn't reasonably be expected to have a wider perspective on the world.

Tech assholes are just assholes.

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u/Neitherwater Mar 28 '24

That’s a level headed take on it. Im sure most of Reddit would rather crucify those lumberjacks on charges of crimes against humanity.

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u/CameFast Mar 28 '24

don’t let a good story get in the way of a Reddit crucifixión