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Calaveras Big Trees (other)
Calaveras Big Trees may refer to: * Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California, U.S. * Calaveras Big Tree National Forest, California, U.S. See also * Calaveras (other) ''Calavera'' (Spanish for ''skull'') or its plural ''calaveras'', may refer to: Culture * Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the * Literary Calavera, traditional Mexican composition in verse Places * Calaveras Ri ... * Big Trees (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada. It has been a major tourist attraction since 1852, when the existence of the trees was first widely reported, and is considered the longest continuously operated tourist facility in California. History Early History The giant sequoia was well known to Native American tribes living in its area. Native American names for the species include ''Wawona'', ''toos-pung-ish'' and ''hea-mi-within'', the latter two in the language of the Tule River Tribe. The first reference to the giant sequoias of Calaveras Big Trees by Europeans is in 1833, in the diary of the explorer J. K. Leonard; the reference does not mention any specific locality, but his route would have taken him through the Calaveras Grove., Yosemite.ca.us This discovery was not publicize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calaveras Big Tree National Forest
Calaveras Big Tree National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada, was established in California on May 11, 1954 with to protect a grove of Giant Sequoias, although it had been authorized since February 18, 1909. Combined Calaveras Big Tree National Forest was the smallest unit in the United States National Forest system, and was administratively combined with the Stanislaus National Forest Stanislaus National Forest is a U.S. National Forest which manages of land in four counties in the Sierra Nevada in Northern California. It was established on February 22, 1897, making it one of the oldest national forests. It was named after t .... Transfer In 1990 it was proposed that the federal lands be transferred to the State of California to be included in the adjoining Calaveras Big Trees State Park. References *''text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calaveras (other)
''Calavera'' (Spanish for ''skull'') or its plural ''calaveras'', may refer to: Culture * Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the * Literary Calavera, traditional Mexican composition in verse Places * Calaveras River, in the Central Valley of California, USA * Calaveras Creek (California), USA * Calaveras County, California, USA * Rancho Calaveras, California, USA * Calaveras Dome, California, USA; a granite dome * Cerro de la Calavera ( en, Mount Calavera), Carlsbad, California, USA * Calaveras Unified School District, Calaveras County, California, USA * Calaveras Fault, a geological fault in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA * Calaveras Valley, California, USA * La Calavera Historical Neighborhood, Smeltertown, Texas, USA * Calaveras, Texas, USA; a small town near San Antonio * Calaveras Creek, Texas, USA * Calaveras Lake (Texas), USA * Isla Calavera, an island in the Gulf of California Facilities and structures * Calaveras Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
