TREE GROVE, 
CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AND ITS AVENUES 
PUBLISHED BY EDWARD VISCHER. 
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Plate IV. A Walk through the Grove. 
No, 7. A WALK THROUGH THE FOREST; a combination, representing the following : 
STUMP and LOG of the original “BIG TREE”, Dimensions below; ILORSERBACKRIDE, — 
The Frontispiece, 
A fanciful representation of the Grove, showing the principal groupings of the giant trees, irrespective 
of their relative position, Wreath of the Foliage and cones of the Segiioias, ftom nature. THE MOTHER OF TILE FOREST, stripped of its bark 1 B55; anil its ake letoti 1SGI 
Dimexsions: 90 feet in circum, at the base, 84 feet without the bark ; 
ee ane Soe eeee Ba ane GOW height 321 feet, the bark take in off 116 feet high 1854. 
Upper Range: The surroundings of MURPILY’S.. Sperry’s Tlotel at Murphy's. The PRIDE OF THE I ‘OR i ST, he dacht 275, circam, 60 feet, ane 
Phe Suspension Flume, Deep Cut, and Union Aqueduct. Plate V. The Three Graces. 
THE THREE GRACES, one of the most beautiful gronps of the grove, 
Dismenstons: height 204 feet, together 92 fect in ciren mievenee at the bare, 
- Plate VI. Mother and Son. 
«* 9. MOTHER AND SON, Dtwexstons: height 315 & 302 feet, united cireamference 93 feet. 
Plate VII. Two Fallen Giants. 
No, 8. The FATHER OF THE FOREST, the largest 1 aati of the Grove; though prostrate and half 
buried in the ground; 800 feet from the root, where proms nm off by striking ayainst another large 
Plate INI. Remarkable Trunks, Roots and Tops. tree, meastires 18 feet in diameter. 
Lower Range: A View of the SIERRA NEVADA, from the ridge above the grove 
Side Vignettes; Mudsprings. The Cascade near Woodfords’. 
Plate II. Entrance to the Grove, arriving from Murphy’s. 
The principal Avenue of the Grove ; and the sidepath leading through it from the main road. 
The Guardsmen or Sentinels; the Pavillon; Stump and Log of the Original Big Tree; Hotel in the distanee, 
f j aed Pye Es i re p MH ‘veo a? . < by ‘ t yh Pies i F a ¥ SAY. te 4 Fre ~ } r eet 24 
No. 1.. The HORSEBACKRIDE, a hollow trunk, Distanee through 70 feet, 12 feet in the clear. | . The ORIGINAL “BIG TREE” $ wimp: and Log, felled in 52. Its Size, when standing, was 
tO: BRAQGEES WIN | rT Wl ; 1 : fect height, 96 feet in cireumference, Stump 7 foot high : ib kness.of bark from 14 to 18 inches. 
«2. EAGLES G, the reot of a fallen tree, near Old Dominion, not named before. : ; 
“« 8 PIONEERS CABIN ee out : Plate VIII. The Sentinels of the Grove, 
o. IONEER’S CABIN, 38 fect in diameter, 150 feet high, the top being broken off. “ The TWO GUARDSMEN hy the ros elie at the entrance of the clearing } height 800 feet eachs 
“ 4; M I NER’S CA BIN, aS standing | 855, 80 feet circumference, 290 feet high, > Nis pis a tive Cc ire nmfere nee G65 Wet feat, 
IX. The Aoaenet? Greve; Farm, Hotel and Grounds. 
No, 12. The AMO HW GROVE LLOTED, grounds sind gener: al view of the forest, froma sketch taken 
; in September 1861 on the oecasion of tlie frst imported Bactrian Camels crossing the Sierrt 
* 6 MINER'S CABIN, overthrown and uprooted in the November gale 1860. Nevada by the Big Tree Route. 
THE VISITORS GUIDE, 
‘This Grove is situated ina small valley near the headwaters of the San Antonio, one of the largest streains in Central Calaveras and five miles east of the Falls on said stream. 
Murphy's is 15 wiles from the Grove; aud here the traveler may take a coaglt at 
“5. The tops of OLD DOMINION and UNCLE TOM’S CABIN and glusters of other treea, as seen 
from the base, lying under their shade, 
Daily lines of stages runt 
from Sacramento and Stockton, passing through San Andreas, Angels and Vallecito, and arriving at Murply’s in the evening. 
Sperry’s Hotel, at 6 o'clock next morning. Leaving Mur phy’s by an exellent earriage road, and gradually ascending, winding through a splendid forest of pine, cedar and firs, intermixed with various kinds of 
Aqueduet. of the Union Water Company, the Mammoth Grove Hotel is reached after a drive of from three to three aita half hours. The distance from. Sacramento to 
From Sonora it is 14 miles, from Columbia 11 miles, and from: 
Tree Route® from Murphy's to Genoa opened by the enterplnig 
oaks, mostly iw sight Of the extensive 
“Marphy’s, though longer by Baa} is only 80 miles. From Stockton, on a good voad for private conveyance, it does not exceed 50 iniles, 
“Copperopolis 14 miles. Woodfords, at the month of Carson Cation beyond the Sierra’ Nevaila, is only 66 miles from the Grove; and the ,,Big 
citizens of Murphys, (an excellent natural road following up undulating ridges and deseending through fertile Valleys), becomes more and more appreciated, The Alpine Scenery on this the southern route is truly 
“magnificent.—The Valley contains something over 160 acres of land. It is 4000 feet above the level of the Sea, Ninety three trees of the Mammoth Species (not including those of one, two and three years 
‘They are evidently a gigantic species of Cedar, as indicated by the growth, hark and leaf; according to Botanists however, — 
growth), are now standing, and are all found within an area of 50 acres of the valley. 
+ phe): belong to the family of axopiem, are now known as Seyitoia gigantea Sempervirens. ‘They are beyond doubt the most stupendous vege ‘table prodiets upon earth. They were discovered in the spring of 
60, by Mr A.'E. Dowd, whilst on a hunt for deer, whose aceount to his companions of what he had seen upon returning to camp, was cousilered fabulous and utterly discredited until proved by actual measu 
: "The valley enjoys a splendid climate during the spring, summer and autumn months, being exempt from the heat of the lower country aod from the cold of the higher mountains, Vegetation remaing 
1 green until the middle of October and the water is always pure and cold. Snow falls usually about the iniddle of December, often accumulating to a depth of four or five feet, and entirely disappears 
le of April. ‘The vicinity offers s evry inducement to sportsinen ; all kinds of game comtnon to the country abound, while the adjacent streams afford excellent Trout fishing. — Delightful horsebne 
e ears thy: hae to many interesting points of secnery or objects of curiosity, among wiich may be mentioned the Falls of the San Antonio, and the Basaltie Cliff on the North Fork of the Sta 
y justic et 0 the ay letra of the Grove to add, that the newly constracied fine ail special Hotel at the Mammoth Grove vies with the one at Murphys in excellence of aceommod 
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