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Show ? THE GREATEST TREESCalifornia TREES - California has long been considered the home of the thelarge thelargest thelargest large largest t trees on earth Barth arth , , but fantastic stories of great trees invarious in invarious invarious various parts of the world led T . J . Staker , professor pl"Ofessor plOfessor " of fores fores- forestry forestry forestry - try at Oregon State College , iko rto 'to to ' make a systematic study study.and studyand studyand .and and . investigation 1nvesbgatIOn of the subJ subject ect for the last 15 years . . This he has done through travel and by correspondencewith correspondencewith correspondence correspondencewith -with with - forest e experts perts all over the globe . Many of the claimsconcerning claims claimsconcerning claimsconcerning concerning great trees proved entirely false or greatly xaggerated xag- xag xaggerated xag-gerated xag gerated - gerated , and he has at last come to the conclusion that the thevarId's theworld's theworld's theworlds varId's varIds world's worlds , ' largest trees are m In California Californla , after all . The tallest tiee hee tree , he declaresr declaresris declares , is a redwood m In HumboldtState Humboldt HumboldtState HumboldtState State Park , , 364 feet high , while the m'ost most mast ' massive is the theGenelal theGeneral theGeneial Genelal General Sherman tree , , a ; sequoia cequota in Sequoia National Park Parkwhich , -which which - is 279 219 feet high , with a diameter of 36.5 365 . . feet . . If cut cutinto cutinto cutinto into lumber lmnber the General Sherman tree would yield over 600.QOO 600000 600- 600 600000 , - . -000 000 .QOO QOO - board feet , or enough to build bmld more than 100 five-.L4oom five.L4oom five .L4oom L4oom five-room room five.L4oomhouses fiveroomhouses five-roomhouses five roomhouses - . houses . . Among tne the other big trees in Sequoia National Palk Palkare Palkare Paikare are the Abraham Lincoln Lmcoln , , height 270 feet , diameter 31 feet ; TheVIlliam TheVrlliam The William \VIlliam VIlliam \Vrlliam Vrlliam \ \ McKinley 1\IcKmley 1 IcKmley , , height 291 feet , diameter 28 feet feet.and feetand . and the Dalion Dalton , , height 293 feet , , diameter 27 feetIt feetIt feet feetIt ItIS It is a astrange a stiange stlange strange fact that the sequoia tree , named forSequoyah for forSequoyah forSequoyah Sequoyah , the illiteiate Ilhtelate illiterate American Indian genius gemus who invent mvent- mvent invent- invented mvented invented - ed the Cheiokee Chelokee Cherokee alphabet of 85 characters , . is native only to totl1e tothe'mountarns tothe tl1e the'mountarns themountarns ' mountains mounta111s of California Califorma Califoaua , . . The laigest largest lal gest of these tl tiees trees ees areestimated are areestim areestimated estim estimated ted to be mole more than 3,000 3000 , yeais yeals years old . . |