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University of California, circumference 69 feet, height 253 feet. 



Longfellow, circumference 60 feet, height 242 feet. 



Whittier, circumference 72 feet, height 238 feet. 



Yale, circumference 87 feet, height 270 feet. 



Stonewall Jackson, circumference 51 feet, height 241 feet. 



R. E. Lee, circumference 49 feet, height 239 feet. 



Mississippi, circumference 50 feet, height 238 feet. 



Georgia, circumference 51 feet, height 241 feet. 



South Carolina, circumference 72 feet, height 243 feet. 



Wade Hampton, circumference 67 feet, height 244 feet. 



Wisconsin, circumference 65 feet, height 240 feet. 



Telescope, circumference 60 feet, height 190 feet. 



Kansas, circumference 68 feet, height 275 feet. 



Illinois, circumference 70 feet, height 270 feet. 



Massachusetts, circumference 93 feet, height 234 feet. 



Diamond Group, four trees in shape of a diamond: first, 82 feet in 

 circumference; second, 45 feet in circumference; third, 47 feet in cir- 

 cumference; fourth, 45 feet in circumference; average height, 260 feet. 



Maine, circumference 63 feet, height 230 feet. 



On the trail from the Wawona tree to the cabin there are about 

 70 Sequoias. 



The first discovery of the Big Trees was made in October, 1849, 

 by Major Burney, then Sheriff of Mariposa county. He came across 

 a few of these trees, probably forming part of a group in what is now 

 Madera county, and known as the Fresno Grove. Thereafter, from 

 time to time, persons exploring the mountains found grove after 

 grove, until it was known that groups of these trees were scattered 



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