Sequoia National Park is established
- Date Range
- September 25, 1890 – September 25, 1890
- Title
- Sequoia National Park is established
- What occurred
- On September 25, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison established Sequoia National Park, making it the second national park in America. Situated in the middle of California, this large area of mountainous land is famous for its groves of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees, which includes a subsection known as the Giant Forest, named for the fact that it contains 5 out of 10 largest trees in the world by volume. As the park was created to protect these giant sequoias from logging, it made history as the first national park formed to protect a living organism. Because it was established so early in the national park process, U.S. Army Cavalry troops were assigned to protect the park for its first twenty years, and it didn’t become a popular destination to visit until national automobile travel increased in the late 1920s. A century later, Sequoia is one of the most well known national parks and it has successfully preserved a landscape that resembles the pre-colonial Southern Sierra Nevada.
- Location
- 47050 Generals Hwy, Three Rivers, CA 93271
- Image Citation
- https://intimesgoneby.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/on-this-day-85/
- Student name(s)
- Ben Tichner
