by
Carol Kramer, Calaveras Big Trees Association
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
Augustus T. Dowd could scarcely believe his eyes when he stumbled upon one of nature�s majestic wonders in 1852. Hunting down a wounded bear in the hills above the mining camp of Murphys, Dowd instead found a tree of mammoth proportions. After initial skepticism about the size of these trees, news...