The following letter originally appeared in the Wilmot Review of
Stark County, Ohio in 1891.
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| Author's Personal Colleciton |
“Mr. Reader, in my letter of September 30, 1888, I gave you a
description of the giant one of the big redwood trees and right here I must and
will give you a description of Mr. Fremont, one of the giant’s neighbors. As
General Fremont was the first President I voted for, I squared myself up to him
and as the doors were three by seven and wide open, he invited us in the
parlor. When in I was amazed to see a twelve foot room with walls four feet
thick and windows to give light so as to read the cards that were left by
visitors and friends of this mighty tree. Yes, age and disease [actually it was
fire] has formed this parlor, with its walls meeting above your heads at one
center, thus forming a cone ceiling eighteen feet high and every inch of these
walls is occupied by these cards. Just think of a twelve foot parlor inside of
a tree, its windows and walls four feet thick, and then step outside and see
how his toes are clinched in this big lump of dirt, and then look at the top
three hundred feet high. Just think if he was a man he would knock out an
elephant in the first round. There are many other big trees in the same grove,
all bearing the names of popular men.”
Note: The interior dimensions of the Fremont Tree - about 15' wide and about 12' deep at the
ground and about 26' high to the peak.
Source: “Santa Cruz in Winter. – A Recent Denizen of the Buckeye State
Decants Upon His Experience.” Santa Cruz Surf, Jauary 27, 1892.
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