As more and more people visited Calaveras to see the giant.

May 18, The Pacific Northwest and California are home to some of the largest trees in existence. A giant sequoia, for example, grows up to feet; a coastal redwood, up to Diameters range from Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Oct 19, The Lumberjacks Who Felled California’s Giant Redwoods. Kaushik Patowary Oct 19, 36 comments. This series of photos from the era capture lumberjacks working among the redwoods in Humboldt County, California, when tree logging was at its peak.

The photos are part of the Humboldt State University Library Special Collections, a series Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Nov 19, The lumberjacks who felled California’s Giant Redwoods. Nov 19, Ian Harvey. A famous series of photographs came out duringdepicting a number of lumberjacks working on the giant redwoods of Humboldt County, California.

This was the time when tree logging was at its peak. The photos that were taken are still a part of the Library Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. One of the most iconic and enduring trademarks of American roadside kitsch is the drive-through tree- only possible with the massive girth of California Redwoods.

Of two well-known tree tunnels in Central California, the one in Tuolumne Grove is through. Jun 17, Not surprising as the Pacific Northwest is the home to some of the most prominent and biggest trees in the world, the giant ancient sequoia.

Logging has cleared vast areas of these precious woods over time. Sadly, by the time Redwood National Park was formed in the late 60s, as much as 90 percent of the redwood trees had been treeclearing.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.

Mar 01, Depending on the size of the tree, removing a fallen tree that’s obstructing a path can take 10 minutes- or multiple days. In early Februaryit took a team of seven trail crew members more than three days to remove a particularly hefty redwood (typically, a removal only requires three to five trail crew members).