44481.
901. Father of the Forest, 112 feet circumference, and Jas. King of Wm., Mammoth Grove, Calaveras Co.
Calaveras Big Trees
The identifications of the people in these views has been taken from Before the Works: The Bancroft-Pond-Houseworth Tourist Party Among the Big Trees, May 1871, by Gary D. Lowe, 2009
44481.
901. Father of the Forest, 112 feet circumference, and Jas. King of Wm., Mammoth Grove, Calaveras Co.
44482.
902. Father of the Forest-near view. Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44483.
903. Father of the Forest, 112 feet circumference-Entrance to the Horseback Ride, Mammoth Grove.
44484.
903. Father of the Forest, 112 feet circumference-Entrance to the Horseback Ride, Mammoth Grove.
44485.
903. Father of the Forest, 112 feet circumference-Entrance to the Horseback Ride, Mammoth Grove.
44486.
904. The Mother of the Forest, 305 feet high; 63 feet circumference-near view. Calaveras County.
44487.
905. Pluto’s Chimney, burnt up 90 feet, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44488.
905. Pluto’s Chimney, burnt up a distance of 90 feet, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44489.
906. Under the Dome of the Forest-Wm. Cullen Bryant, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44490.
906. Under the Dome of the Forest-Wm. Cullen Bryant, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44491.
907. Abraham Lincoln-near view; 281 feet high, 44 feet circumference. Big Tree Grove, Calaveras County.
44492.
908. The Original Big Tree, 250 feet from the Stump, 335 feet high, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44493.
909. Interior of the house built on the Original Big Tree Stump, Calaveras County.
44494.
910. Section of the Original Big Tree-near view. Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
44495.
911. But-end section of the Original Big Tree, near view, showing the auger holes made in felling.
44496.
913. General View of the Mammoth Grove and Hotel, Calaveras County.
44497.
915. Sequoya Queen.
44498.
917. Fallen Tree Hercules-325 feet long.
44499.
918. The Root of the Miners’ Cabin. The man on ground at left is Hubert H. Bancroft; the man at left on the ground is Charles Lyman Pond, photographer. The man at the middle of the root is probably Albert L. Bancroft and the man at top is possibly James L. Sperry.
44500.
919. The Root of the Father of the Forest.
44501.
921. A Group of Trees.
44502.
924. Tree Growing from the Body of the Eagle Wing.
44503.
925. U.S. Grant.
44504.
927. California and Broderick. The men are holding the tape measure used for their various measurements.
44505.
1741. “Wahwonah”-or Big Tree Point.
44506.
1743. The Grizzly Giant-101 feet circumference.
44507.
1748. Log Cabin in the Grove.
44508.
1751. A Felled Tree-78 feet circumference-from which a section has been taken for exhibition. The man in the view is Henry Stegman, holding Giant Sequoia foliage, prophetic of his future occupation in Yosemite Valley as proprietor of Stegman & Son, opposite the Cosmopolitan Saloon. Henry Stegman was the operator of a corral in Yosemite Valley from 1874 through 1889. He was also the valley postmaster between 1879 and 1886. Henry and wife Sally Ann lived briefly at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, but Sally Ann became homesick and returned to Yosemite. Stegman followed her back, and they made their home in the valley thereafter.
44509.
1752. A Felled Tree-78 feet circumference-from which a section has been taken for exhibition. The man with the basket at right is Henry Stegman.
44510.
1754. The cross-cut in the Big Tree. Henry Stegman is at left on the ground; William G. Stegman is the well-dressed man above right.
44511.
Pride of the Forest.
44512.
694-Fallen Tree Hercules, 325 feet long, circumference 97 feet, Mammoth Trees of Calaveras Co., California. Charles Lyman Pond, the photographer is on the log.