well that isn't as tall as a Redwood and you would be correct. The Sequoia trees are broader, thicker, and more dense trees. The General Grant Tree was named in honor of Ulysses S. Grant in 1867.

FRESNO — Deep in the Sierra Nevada, the famous General Grant giant sequoia tree is suffering its loss ... of the world,” said Stephen Sillett, a redwood researcher whose team from Humboldt ...

Most grew in the Redwood Mountain Grove ... thousands of sequoias probably perished this year. The imposing General Grant tree stood a short walk from the podium. At 267 feet high and 29 feet ...

Initially founded as General Grant National Park ... from the towering trees of Redwood National Park to the unforgettable Muir Woods National Monument, full of the world's tallest tree species.

The parks' two most famous trees — General Sherman and General Grant — are both named after prominent Union soldiers. The 254-foot tall redwood is thought to have been named Robert E.

Lee tree in Kings Canyon’s Grant Grove and the General Lee tree in Sequoia ... told the Visalia Times Delta. The towering redwood is the 11th largest tree in the world. It is believed to ...

THREE RIVERS, Calif. — In the wake of California wildfires, upward of 10,000 trees weakened by fires, drought, disease or age must be removed, work that will keep a nearby highway closed to ...

"I grew up coming to Grant Grove as a kid, but I never knew the tree was a monument," said Ernesto Villarreal of Sanger. But General Grant Tree, all 1,250 tons of it, isn't just a monument — it ...