Tramps of San Francisco

In search of San Francisco's forgotten histories

Tag: Sequoia sempervirens

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 I: Peninsular Natives                                 An excerpt of this post is simultaneously published                                                       […]