| Dick's Redwood Gallery | |||
| Sequoia & Kings Canyon Nelder Grove Links Change & Updates | |||
| New photos added here 1/11/12 (captions in red) | |||
| Click the picture for a larger view - photos open in new window | |||
| Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks & Sequoia Forest | |||
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| Snow in Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park | Snow in Grant Grove | General Grant Tree | Top of Grant Tree |
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| General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park | Senate Group, Sequoia Park | Stumps from logging near Grant Grove | General Grant Tree in the snow |
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| Mark Twain stump | General Grant Tree | General Grant | Redwoods in Grant Grove |
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| Stump in Converse Basin, Sequoia National Forest | The forest has nearly reclaimed the area around this stump | ||
| Click here for Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks Web Site | |||
| Nelder Grove | |||
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| Shattered log by Bull Buck | Young sequoia trees | The Western Tree | |
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| Visitors pose in 1969 by the upper portion of a sequoia that was cut in the 1890’s | Snags in upper grove | Close-up of the top of dead snag | Two
snags flank a young sequoia |
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| The
second California mill, built at Nelder Grove in 1881. Wooden-wheeled wagons carried logs from the woods. (Madera County Historical Society collection) |
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dry rollway at the second mill. A wagon drawn by mules has just come into
position for unloading. (Madera County Historical Society collection) |
Fire has burned through this spot, charring but not destroying the big stumps | An ancient dead snag was once a proud giant like the tree in the background |
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| Left: Dick on stump, 1969; right, 1999 | Like mother, like son: Teri in 1969; Mikie in 2001 | ||
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| A broken snag stands next to a man-made stump | A young cedar has grown up through t he base of this old stump | Photos taken in 2008 show the Old Granddad nearly hidden behind new growth (see 1970s photo above) | |
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Bull Buck base |
Bull Buck Tree | Bull Buck trunk | Fallen sequoia with moss |
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| Dead snag, Speckerman Mountain road |
Fir tree growing on top of redwood stump | Tourists at Nelder Grove, 1983 | Upper grove stump field |
| Click here for the complete Nelder Grove story | |||
| More about Nelder Grove More about Redwoods | |||
| Redwood National Park Web Site Mark Twain Stump | |||
| Nelder Grove Webshots Album Friends of Nelder Grove | |||
All photos copyright © 2002-2008 by Dick Estel. Permission granted for personal use only; commercial use prohibited.
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Updated January 11, 2012