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i^^^HERE arc 368 Sequoias in the Upper Grove. 

 S^ entrance stands the Mariposa, 100 feet in 



-* fercnce and 275 feet in height. It is the 

 in either grove. It was named for the 



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 !!53S^«^^ Mariposa. Washburn, circumference 52 feet, height 

 247 feet. This tree was named for Albert Henry Washburn, the 

 pioneer stage-man who took the first tourists to Yosemite Valley and 

 the Mariposa Big Trees in 1866. On the left hand road leading from 

 the entrance there are 38 Sequoias, largest circumference 103 feet, 

 height 240 feet. Sunset, circumference 63 feet, height 235 feet. On 

 the main road we see the San Francisco, circumference 69 feet, height 

 240 feet. 



. San Diego, circumference 63 feet, height 235 feet. 

 Iowa, circumference 71 feet, height 250 feet. 

 West Virginia, circumference 82 feet, height 240 feet. 

 Brooklyn, circumference 75 feet, height 238 feet. 

 Governor, circumference 90 feet, height 240 feet. 

 Arkansas, circumference 92 feet, height 282 feet. 

 Commissioners, average circumference 32 feet, height 240 feet. 

 Missouri, circumference 102 feet, height 274 feet. 

 Haverford, circumference 120 feet, height 280 feet. 

 This tree is hollow at the base. Seventeen people on horseback 

 have been sheltered in this tree. 



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