Discovery Tree
Giant sequoia exhibition tree, cut down in Calaveras Grove, California
Discovery Tree
The Discovery Tree, also known as the Mammoth Tree, was a giant sequoia in the North Grove of what is now Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California. The tree became widely known after hunter Augustus T. Dowd brought the grove to wider attention in 1852. In 1853, promoter William H. Hanford had the tree felled for commercial exhibition; sections of its bark and trunk were displayed in San Francisco and later in New York City. The destruction of the tree drew criticism and formed part of a wider public reaction to the exploitation of California's giant sequoias. The stump and portions of the fallen trunk remain in the North Grove, where they have been tourist attractions since the 1850s.
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