Library of Congress The trunk of the famous Wawona tunnel tree in Upper Mariposa ... William Tweed writes in a 2016 history of the giant sequoia. Pieces of Dowd’s tree went on tour to San ...

Limited shuttle service is also available from the Wawona Hotel also known as the ... panels that detail the life and growth of Giant Sequoia trees. Wheelchair Accessible: Visitors with a valid ...

It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods.