Sequoia legacy tree
A symbol of unity between Visalia and the sequoia park is a live sequoia far our of it's comfort zone.
Visalia is a small town with few attractions but despite this gets a lot of visitors throughout the year due to its proximity to the Sequoia National park. This relationship between the town and the park is as old as the park itself and perhaps older. What better way to commemorate that than bringing down a sequoia to the city?
The Sequoia legacy tree was only three years old when it was planted in 1936 near the Visalia post office. This was done by Guy Hopping and Nate Levy, the park superintendent and town postmaster respectively, as a symbol of cooperation between the two locations.
Initially, there were two trees, one on each side of the post office. They were planted in special mulch brought from the mountain and irrigated with water pipes to ensure proper humidity. Nobody knew how long the trees could survive, as they were very far from their preferred habitat. In 1980 the first one was removed as it was in poor health, but the second tree held on quite long after.
It’s current state is unknown, most of its needles are brown and it looks dead, but some locals hold out hope that it may come back from the brink.
Know Before You Go
The tree is freely accessible.
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