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Show Highway Without a RivalTraveler Rival RivalMajestic Traveler in California Can Journey for Many Miles Beneath BeneathlIajestic BeneathMajestic \ Majestic l\Iajestic l Iajestic Redwood Trees That Have Flourished Flourishedfor for Thousands of Years . I doubt If there is any nn anv highway In Inthe inthe Inthe the world to match the beauty of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great Redwood lledood lled\\ lled Rcdwoodhighway \ \ ood . , .hlgh hlgh .highway highway . " ay which "hIch hIch " C111 Cali C111fornla California Cillfornia fornla fornia has bas built buUt Ul1 thiough ougb the moun noun mountalns nountains mountains talns tains and nnd along the sea , up towurl1 toward towurl1her towardher towardtier her Oregon Oreon . ; frontier . , Foi rOl rot two hun bun hundred bundred himdrcd dred miles sou ou travel , most of the thetime thetime tlietime time , bcneatli beneath redwoods which 11c have 11the havethe 1m 11\\ 11 ' \ \ c cthe the vertical majesty of the Bmplre Empire BmplreState EmpireState EmpireState State building's buildings ' columns and a to\\ to tow toering towering towcring \ ering - green g-recn g recn dignity and nnd slmplrclty simplicity slmplrcltywhich simplicitywhich simplicitywhich which no man made building can rl ri rlvnl rival rlval vnl val They ire 'lre lre are ' Immense , the eye eyetakes e evetakes e etahes tahes takes time to adjust to their heightSomctlmes heightSometimes helglit height helglitSometimes Sometimes Somctlmes the rugged tiunks tiunksstretch ti t1 unl.s unls unl.sstretch linksstretch . stretch sk skyw'ii11 skywii11 ski \ w \ ' ' 11 , d I for two hundred hundrc feet feetwithout feetwithout feetwithout without ' i 1 ' 1 bianch bU111Ch blanch ; ; sometimes the thebranches thebranches thebranches branches almost touch the glound giound gloundAnd gioundAnd gioundAnd And theY'll theYll they ne 'iie iie ' e abundant , the&e thee the5e these & n1 ate ateno aieno e eno no lone treC'c treCc trees trees ' : ; , iclics lel1cs telics of bygone bygonc 'lge lge 'ige ige ' ' igebut , | but whole forests of giants lant " , with "lth lth " fcw few fcwtrees fewtrees fewtrees trees but red redwood " ood siphngs S'lllhngs Slllhngs saplings ' In theIr theIrshade theirshade theirshade shade . The " ' 'Toundei Toundei "rOUndel rOUndel "rourideia rourideia ' Tree Trce " on the theDJ theD3ci'ille theDicivllle DJ D3ci'ille D3ciille cn ' me flits fl'lts fllts f'tts ftts ' ' , 301 3G4 3GI feet high I11gh , labcletJ labeled labcletJ"the labeled"the labeled"the labeledthe "the the " "oIld oIld " vvoilds woilds s tall tallest cst hno\\ hno known hnon \ \ n tree tree'seems treeseems , ' seems little tiller t'lller tlller t'iller ' ' tlian than its Us neighbors Delghborc neighborsThat neighborsThat : ; That Thal ' "rounders rounders 'rounders " ' ' TI Tiee ee cc , " dedicated dedicatedto to the toundcis toundels foundeis of the S'i Si S'l\C S'l Sl C SivcthcRcdwoods ' ' \ e the He Iled Iledwoods | woods le'1 le1 le'gue-Madison le'gue legue Madison leiguc ' uC-\Iadl uC Iadl ' - - " \ Madison < : ; on Grant , , John Johna JohnG TohnG a . G . . Mcrrnm lIIerrl'lm lIIerrllm Merrt'im Merrtim ' ' and nnd ticniy IIemy ilenuy Fairficid rmrfiel rarrfield 1 < Os Osborn Osborn Osborn born , , two of them New lorkeis 10rkels and andone andone andone one a n citi7en cih7en citien ? of Washington Waslungton D DC DChints C- C CInnts Chints - hints Innts p31 pait t of the lomince 10m'1nCe 10m1nCe ' Lcinnd lehmd Iehnd the thechain thechain thechain chain of at state rcdnood red"ood redood redwood " parl parks s Drlv Driv DrlvIng Drivlog Driving Ing log today thiough tluough through that chain of gIant gIantgroes giantgrot giantgroves gro\es gro es grot \ es , , iou you ou h'iti hiti hive h'1\e h'1 h1 e ' ' \ e 1 r 10 o < ' &cnse cnse sense & of a amighty amighty amighty mighty rice r'1ce r1ce ' In fn pcul pelll petil of dest destiuctton destmctionyou ! uchon , you feel only tint th\t th t that ' \ ledwoods led"oods ledoods redwoods " h'1\e h'1 h1 e h've hve h'1eflOllrlshed h'veflourished hi\eflourished hi eflourished ' \ flOllrlshed flourished her for thousinds thous\nds thous nds thousands ' \ of yeais yeaisand seaisand em s sand and still flourish But theie there thel e was 'l l a ' 'ltime atime itime time when logging . was v.as vas proceeding at atsuch atsuch atsuch such n a pice p'lce plce pace ' that thnt it seemed seemeIJ doubtful doubtfulwhether doubtfulwhether doubtfulwhether whether coming gencntions genet'lhons genetlhons genet 'itions itions ' ' "ould ould would wouldever "ouldever " wouldever ever know lnow \ whit h1t C'1l1forma's-and C'1l1forma's C1l1formas and C'iliforma's-and C'iliforma's Ciliformas C'1l1forma'sandAmerlcn'sblggest C'iliforma'sandAmerica'sbiggest Ciliforma's Ciliformas ' ' ' ' - andAmerica's andAmericas Amerlcn's-blggest Amerlcn's Amerlcns blggest America's-biggest America's Americas biggest ' ' - biggest Unn living ; things tlungs had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been . The Sa Satiethe-Redwoods Satiethe Redwoods Sa\ Sa Sac \ c tho-Redw tho Redw the-TIed the TIed - - " oods le'1gue le1gue league le'1gueroused leagueroused leigueroused ' roused the not nM nat on so thoroughly that - even along the Klamath Klnmath river , , where wherethe wherethe wherethe the mountain walls are solid with withredwood withredwood withredwood redwood ind 'tnd tnd < : ' the rh rhcr rher er Is full fullof . -of of .of - de'1d de1d dead de'1dred deadredwood dcidrednood ' redwood red " ood snags slings stings , I could hardly brIng brIngmysclf bringmyself bringmyself mysclf myself to feel that the Indians Indlnnq using usingred usingredwood usingredwood redood redwood red\\ red \ ood for fuel were less than des- des desecr'1tors desecr'itors des-ccntors des ccntors - - - ecr'1tors ecr1tors ecr'itors ecritors ' ' Ard the " mtionil n'ltlon'll nltlonll n'ition'il nitionil ' ' ' ' bank banh hank ancl antl ancl"mo antl"mo11e and"movie andmovie "mo\ "mo mo "moIe "mo11e mo11e " \ Ie " house at Scotia built as imltalion iml imlI imltnUon 1mltalion I tnUon talion Greek Greelc temples tcmples with solid rcd red rcdwootllo redwood redwood wootllo wood logs s for columns scemer seemer n cruel cruelwnste cruelwaste cruelwaste wnste waste The 'The ' Scotlins Scotl\ns Scotl ns Scotlans ' \ , . of course conrse , , h'1l1 h1l1 h'id hid h'1l1metcl h'idmerely hidmercb ' ' metcl merely ) "scd scd used " the cheipcst che\pcst che pcst cheapest ' \ and most mostahundnnt mostnbundant mostabundant ahundnnt nbundant \ wood \ ood of their neighbor neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neighborhoodA hood hoodA A few of the best gioves gloves I oves ovpn e\pn e pn evPn \ , dl dlrectly dlrectly dlrectly rectly beside the Re Redwood wood rlgh\\ rlgh rlgh1.y righwly righwlyare righwiyare \ \ 1.y 1y 1.yarc . arc are still In private hands , , . ind l.nd lnd and somr somt somrd'lY somtd'iy somdiy ( d'lY dlY d'iy diy ' ' nny O1'1Y O11Y may ' iet yet et be sacrificed sacrlficeil to the the'oallle thealue ' % value 'oallle oallle alue of boird bO'1rd bO1rd ho'ird hoird ' ' feet fcet uf of lumber lumher . Butmost Butmost But most of these groves groes grows gro\ gro \ es are stat state stale e p'1\ p'1 p1 p'1les p'itks pitks p'itkssa pukssaved ' ' \ les lessacd sa\cd sa cd sa \ eil , unless from tire fire . , forever . You Youpass Youpass Youpass pass through throuA'lt throuAlt ' the Line L'lne Llne L'ine ' ' grove groe grotie gro\ gro \ e , , the theII thehither theMUher II ! : hither 1ther grove , the Williams grove groveand , . und and other grm grog groves es dedicated to heroes heroesot heroesof heroesof ot of the lon Ions long tight light fight , and fin Qnilly Illy even eventhrough eventhrough eventhrough through the California Cnllfornln State Stnte reder rederaUon rederation Federalion aUon ation of Women's Womens Women'c Womenc ' ; Clubs and nnd the G'lrden G'irden Gir G'lr Glr G'ir ' ' den Clubs of America proves groves ro\es ro es \ , , dedi deli dedicnted delicated dedlcatcd cnted cated to other groups If pf } of warriorsSuch warriorsSuch warriors warriorsSuch Such mme-s mme s n'1me n1me names ' " - at f ( Hist l ii st at seem ludicrous ludicrousthey , , they are , . of course , , no sillier than thanthe thanthe thanthe the \ Moblloil l\IoblIoll l IoblIoll Mobiloil bay which Sir Hubert HubertWIII.lns HubertWilkins HubertWilkins WIII.lns WIIIlns Wilkins . dedicated dedlcatcd to a pats pation patlon on of his hisAnt'll hisAntaictlc hisAntuctic Ant'll Antll Antaictlc ' cUe nt nights flights hts or the Chirles Ch\rles Ch rles Ch'irles ' \ ' V VBob VBob VBob Bob mountains which Admiral Byrd Byrdfirst Bvrdfirst J rd rdfirst first dcdicited rlCdlC'1tcd rlCdlC1tcd dcdic'ited ' ' to i 1 a ' doubtful douhtful bene benefactor benefactor bencfactor factor , . then erased ernced ; from his In'lpS InlpS nips In'lpSThey nipsThey mipsThey ' They are close kin leln to Virginia VlrglDl1 Vrrginii Caro CaroIma CaroTina Carolina Ima Tina " ' ind 'lml lml and Georgn Georgl'l Georgll Georgi'i Georgii ' ' mmes n'1mes n1mes names ' of our At AtInnUc Atlnntle Atlantic InnUc lnntle coast Age lend lends ' ) dignity to tothe tothe tothe the most violent eccentricities eccentrIclhes of ofgr'1teful ofgrateful ofgriteful gr'1teful gr1teful grateful ' nomenclaturehen nomenclature-when nomenclature when nomenclature nomenclature- - - " when hen it does doesnot doesnot doesnot not simpiv slmpl simply ) foigct fOgel foiget fO\ fO \ gel themThe themThe them themThe The big hlg trees lead the mind bacI back backinto backinto mto into the prehistoric prelustorI < . pist p'1st p1st p'ist ' ' of Cahfor Califor Cahfornh Californl Californil nh nl ' The giants \ were \ ere glint gl'lntc gllntc giants ' " ; before beforeColumbus beforeColumbus beforeColumbus Columbus sighted American land ; ; some SOlliC of them v . were erE > titins ht'lnq htlnq titans ' when Caesar ruled Rome . . . For ror tor the rcd red rcdwood redwood redwood wood begins beglnq life violently , then takesits t'l1.es tl1.es tl1es takes tikesita ' . . Us its time . A fifty year yenr old tree Is as asbIg asbig asbig bIg as an eastern veteran ; after Its Itssecond itssecond itssecond second century the redwood grows growsslowly growsslowly growsslowly slowly , and anil the tree which may mny be betwenty betwenty betwenty twenty Qve five hundred years old today todayI todayseems todaysecmi secm seems little vaster ( from rom the tlte base basethan basethan basethan I than n a tree a thousand years Its Itsjunior itsJunior itsjunior junior . . The tall ferns , , the o o\alis o alis oalls ' \ ' : aiis and nnd tho the tholittle thetittle thelittle little tittle htar btar star dowel flowel towel , , and the uesh flesh col colored colored colorcd ored western azalea a7alca avalea and pink plnh rhodo rhododendron rhododendron rhododendron dendron which whlc.h whlch . peek out fiom flom be ben.lth bencuth benpath n.lth nlth ncuth { ' . the big trees along the KIa Kla KIamnth Klamath Klamath mnth math river cannot be much different differentfrom differentfrom differentfrom from the ferns and forest fore8t lowers floers flowers flo\\ flo ( \ \ ers and andshrubs andshrubs andshrubs shrubs which wh1ch have been openln openlnn openlnh openlnnto openlnhto , to tothe tothe tothe the mOl mointng morning nlng de dews " c ; of ( rnllfornia 'nllfornla nllfornla 'alifornla alifornla ' from fromtlmt fromtime fromtime tlmt time ' immcmorni Immcmorl'11 Immcmorl11 immemorial ' But beJ beyond ond theIr theirown theirown 0n own 0\\ 0 \ n shade shnde the bib bl { , trees lrees look luolt ort Ollt not on onn ona ona n a chingec ch1.ngec ch1ngec changec . ! ' prospect ' Ilie 'lltc lltc The Yurok In Indlans Indians Indians dlans dians still shll cut redwood redwoud to make thp the thpdu thedugout thedugout du dugout out cinocs C'lnoeq Clnoeq c'inoes cinoes ' ' by " which hlch they t.hey . still stilI ' travel along nlong their theirr theirrpeaceful tbel peaceful peaceful . . -But But ' - But peacefulBut they are fewer than ina peacefulrIver ; T1 they rIver rlrer-and rlrer and . - , were wer6'motorboats wer6motorboats ; ' and tho the ; chug chug of ot white whi men9 men9motorboats men en3 motorboats begins to it : be hrd heard h rd d , "P P up " river , in fishing season . . ! eVen eT Every very year ihe the cra7e Cr:17C Cr17C cram : , for tor fln8of gOOdroads gpodroads roads sends the long white fingers fln8 gOOd gpod of ot machine civilization 1Iltzntton etrllzaton ( ' 1\ 1 \ Iltzntton ( [ further % further Into what has hno . . . , _ .llDd llDd . Ilnd and deep Into the Twentieth remained , wlId wild country ot of Twentiethcentury northern century , tho the Cahfornla California ' " . , Sometlmeq Sometimes I think that those , of rellwoods redwoods , dedicated groves to tho the foun torn . i ders nnd and the money raisers , lIS as tben thep loolt look down on th the long stre\ms stre ms streams ' \ ot of otmotor ofmotor motor cars th'1t th1t th'it thit ' ' wind along tbe the new Aew nellwood Redwood high hlghw'lY hlghwlY v ' y . , must teel feel lost lonely lonelyVhcre one.y oney . \ where WhLrc \Vhcre Vhcre does a IlDd and redwood In fltIn fitIn 1world n 1\ 1 a \ world of stream hned hoed lined flt fit cars rs and man'1gcd man1gcd mnnaged andmamgcd andman'1gcd andmnnaged ' CUI cuirenclea currencies rencle3 and nnd Internatlon internation- internation ' Internatlon'al Internatlonal international . - 111 al balances of tr'lde-Lewis tr'lde trlde Lewis trade-Lewis trade Iride ' ? 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