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 History of a Redwood Tree - 190 AD - 1943 AD - Fort Bragg, CA
N 39° 26.728 W 123° 48.396
10S E 430594 N 4366523
Events in the life of a 1,753 year old Redwood Tree in downtown Fort Bragg
Waymark Code: WMQ0YX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2015
Views: 5
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In front of the Fort Bragg Museum there is a tree cut on display. From the center to the rim, there are seventeen markers pointing at historical events during the life span of the tree.
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All events are documented on a timeline on a small plaque in the tree's center.
The tree started as a seedling in the year 190 AD. At the end of the Roman Empire, it was already 205 years old! It was 610 years old when Charlemagne became emperor of the West and 876 years old when the Normans conquered England. When it was 1,302 years old, Columbus landed in America.
It was 1,695 years old when the first sawmill was built in Fort Bragg and lived for another 58 years until it was cut in 1943. |
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Here is the complete timeline as displayed on the plaque:
(The first numbers refer to the markers on the tree rings.)
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190
215
311
395
632
800
962
1063
1118
1215
1295
1492
1542
1832
1776
1851
1885
1943 |
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TREE STARTED AS A SEEDLING
FIRST YEAR OF THIS SECTION
CHRISTIANITY RECOGNIZED LEGALLY
ROMAN EMPIRE DIVIDED
632 BEGINNING OF MOHAMMEDANISM
CHARLEMANGE BECAME EMPEROR OF THE WEST
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE RESTORED
NORMANS CONQUER ENGLAND
ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FOUNDED
MAGNA CHARTA SIGNED
MARCO POLO RETURNED IN VENICE
COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA
CABRILLO DISCOVERED CALIFORNIA FROM SEA
GUSTAVUS II. GREAT SWEDISH KING, DIED
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
FIRST SAWMILL IN MENDOCINO COUNTY
C.R.JOHNSON BUILT SAWMILL IN FORT BRAGG
YEAR THE TREE WAS CUT
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Admission fee? (Include URL/link in Long Description to website that gives the current fee): no
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