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A-Foresting We Will Go: A History of Trees in San Francisco (Part III)

Part III:  The Land of Giants ”There is not much great timber, nor indeed wood of any kind, …”  — The Annals of San Francisco, 1855 By 1850, the most significant “trees” in San Francisco could be viewed among the “forests” of the felled kind, mainly in the form of ships’ masts and other structures. […]

A-Foresting We Will Go: A History of Trees in San Francisco (Part II)

Part II: Bleak and Barren Hills Apparently, we love trees. I never anticipated the magnitude of interest for this topic. On a Tramper’s scale, Part I: Peninsular Natives is the most visited and forwarded article at Tramps of San Francisco to date. And, because of our adoration for all things arboreal, it is essential that […]