REDWOOD CANYON DEEDED TO 

 UNITED STATES 



A MOST public-spirited gift to the 

 **• Nation has come from WilHam 

 Kent, of Chicago, who has just deeded 

 to the United States 295 acres of pri- 

 meval redwood forest on the southern 

 slope of Mount Tamalpais, about six 

 miles from the city of San Francisco. 

 The land was deeded to the Govern- 

 ment with the approval of Mr. Pin- 

 chot, Chief of the Forest Service. The 

 papers have now gone to the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, and a proclamation 

 declaring the canyon a National Mon- 



of redwood timber alone is now val- 

 ued at more than $150,000 on the 

 market, besides other timber worth 

 $50,000. 



The canyons of Tamalpais which 

 drain into San Francisco Bay were 

 cut clean years ago, and the redwood 

 obtained from them went into the con- 

 struction of the old San Francisco. 

 The giants on this tract escaped the 

 axe, however, chiefly because the out- 

 let is on the ocean side, instead of the 

 bay side, and also because the various 



Redwood sprouts six or eight years old 



ument will be signed at an early date. 

 This means that more of Califor- 

 nia's redwood giants will be saved for 

 the scientific study and pleasure of the 

 whole country, in fact, the whole 

 world, for the great sequoias are found 

 nowhere except in the Golden State. 

 This grove given to the Government; 

 by Mr. Kent is one of the few tracts 

 of redwood forest to be found in the 

 natural state in California to-day. The 

 land is said to have cost Mr. Kent 

 $47,000 some years ago, but its stand 



owners of the land have, for sentimen- 

 tal reasons, jealously guarded the tim- 

 ber from harm or destruction. Mod- 

 ern methods of logging would make 

 short work of the timber, and would, 

 besides, put a handsome profit in the 

 hands of the owners. 



It is the intention to name this Na- 

 tional Monument the IMuir Woods, 

 after John Muir, the noted naturalist. 

 Redwood, or Big Tree, is the dominat- 

 ing species, towering high above every- 

 thing else, and forming fully three- 



