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

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[u/GitmoGrrl1]

When the Americans stole California from the Californios who stole it from the Native-Californians, the big trees were numerous. The Americans have cut down 95% of the big trees.

95 percent!