THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK
"THE GREATER SEQUOIA"
NE cannot think or speak of the Sequoia National
Park without including the extraordinary scenic country lying beyond its
boundaries to the north and east. Not that there is much in common
between the two, for the park marks the supremacy of forest luxuriance
and the outlying country the supremacy of rock-sculptured canyon and
snowy summit.
And yet there is the common note of supremacy, each
of its own kind.
And there is the common note of continuity, for, from
the lowest valley of the wooded park to the peak of our loftiest height,
Mount Whitney, nature's painting runs the gamut. The parts are
indivisible; to separate them is to cut in two the canvas of the
Master.
And so it is that those who know this land of
exuberant climax have come to call it "The Greater Sequoia" in order to
express not the part limited by the park's official title but the whole
as God made it.
There is a bill now before Congress to enlarge the
park boundaries so that they shall inclose it all.
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AN AGED JUNIPER
Sequoia is the park of big trees of many kinds; and it is the park of
birds Photograph by C. H. Hamilton
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THE GOLDEN TROUT CREEK
The trout caught in this stream are brilliantly golden. They are found
nowhere else in the world except where transplanted from this stream
Photograph by H. C. Tibbitts
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SCENE ON ROCK CREEK, ONE OF THE FINEST TROUT STREAMS IN AMERICA
Photograph by H. C. Tibbitts
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TEHIPITE DOME, 3000 FEETE SHEER ABOVE THE KINGS RIVER
Photograph by J. N. LeConte
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Last Updated: 30-Oct-2009
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