Naming things
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet
Trees
Communities
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Latest Stories
Colonel Charles Young Memorial Highway
As a tribute to Colonel Young (1864-1922) a portion of Highway 198 is named the Colonel Charles Young Memorial Highway.
Read moreGeneral Grant Tree
Let’s meet the man after which the largest, and arguably most visited and revered, tree in the world is named.
Read moreThe President Tree
The Stagg Tree
The 5th largest tree was named in 1960 for Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965), a college football coach.
Read moreThe Lee Trees
Two living monuments within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Read moreGeneral Sherman Tree
Let’s meet the man after which the largest, and arguably most visited and revered, tree in the world is named.
Read moreJ. Wolverton and the Ghastly End
Sometimes a tale’s ending is so ghastly, we might be tempted to change it in the retelling.
Read moreNaming Sequoia
Sequoia National Park was created in 1890, named for the tree that it was created to preserve. Or was it?
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