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Ridge 4 is not very distinct from Ridge 3 toward either end 

 but throughout the remainder of its length well defined, though 

 rising only four or five feet above the valley on either side and 

 only about four rods wide. It may be easily found by going west 

 from the new hotel, "The Breakers," across Ridge 5, which is 

 much higher. Its cedar stumps are but little larger and older 

 than those on ridge 5. I estimate its age as 220 years. 



Ridge 3 is ten or twelve rods broad and has an undulating 

 surface. The power house and a number of other buildings 

 stand upon its southern portion. In places it looks as if formed 

 of two parallel ridges so close together as to be distinguished 

 with difficulty. It has a rich vegetation — herbs of great variety 

 and large trees of many kinds. It has ten cedar stumps 20 

 inches or more in diameter, three or four of them being about 

 two feet. The age of the older ones has been estimated at 163, 

 165, 194, and two, less carefully determined, about 210 years 

 each. Ridge 3 is probably about 310 years old. 



Ridge 2 is situated between the two lagoons. It has large 

 trees of various kinds, including black cherry which would not 

 start until the soil had become enriched. It has many cedar 

 stumps about 20 inches in diameter and two that exceed two 

 feet. On one of these 26 x 27 inches, I counted 189 rings in the 

 outer ten inches. Nearer the center of growth indicated by a 

 knot, most of the wood has disappeared but some chips showed 

 8-16 rings to the inch. Allowing 13 rings to the inch the remain- 

 ing 4 inches would add 52 rings, the sap wood 15, making a 

 total of 256. On account of its size and location it was probably 

 among the earlier cedars to be cut. Adding 65 years for this 

 and 40 for time elapsing after formation of ridge before this tree 

 started we have a minimum age for Ridge 2 of 361 years, but it is 

 older than that. Ridge 2 A, low and narrow, lies to the north- 

 east of Ridge 2 and terminates about one-sixth of a mile from 

 the cement walk. It has two sturnps larger than any on ridge 

 2. One of them, 37 x 37 inches is probably the oldest stump on 

 Cedar Point. When discovered, Oct. 22, 1904, I estimated the 

 age as about 300 years. Feb. 19, 1905, I visited it again, and 

 made a more careful estimate. I found about 80 rings in the 

 outer 3^2 inches, the remaining portion being too much decayed 

 to admit of counting many consecutive rings. The average of 

 four fragments taken from different parts of the decayed portion 

 was 133^ rings to the inch. This with 15 years for sap wood 

 gives an age of 297 years. Ridge 2A, therefore, cannot be much 

 less than four hundred years old, and as it was formed after 

 Ridge 2, we will call the age of Ridge 2 four hundred years. 



Ridge 1, on which the "White House" is located has many 



