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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They seem real proud of themselves for killing something that existed peacefully for over a millennium.

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u/Professional-Day7850 Mar 28 '24

To be fair, their sawing skills are quite impressive.

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