SIMPLY, THE GIANT

St. Louis Globe, June 22, 1890

"[Standing] in solitary grandeur 'The Giant', which is perhaps the finest single tree in the grove. It is 53 feet in circumference five feet above the ground and when, as often happens, a number of visitors join hands to form a ring around his base, it takes over twenty to complete the chain."

“The Big Trees,” Santa Cruz Daily Surf, June 3, 1889

Originally known as Frémont’s Tree, over the years the greatest monarch of Big Trees Grove was also called the San Lorenzo Giant, the Felton Giant, the National Educational Association Tree, and the Rotary International Tree.