Forest King
The Forest King was a Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia tree located in Nelder Grove, California that was cut down in 1870 and taken on a touring exhibit in the United States. This tree was the first of its kind to be felled for exhibition, unlike earlier trees such as the Mother of the Forest from Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras Grove where only bark was removed. This act sparked public outcry and would lead to the founding of national parks and the protection of giant sequoias through the nascent Conservation movement#Origins of the modern conservation movement, conservation movement. Two men from Mariposa County, California, Mariposa County, William Sneidiker and William Stegman, illegally cut down the tree and put it on the road. They hoped to take advantage of the public's interest in the Sequoiadendron giganteum#Discovery and naming, discovery of California big trees before photography was widely available to document their existence. The tree was first sho ...
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