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	Grant Grove Visitor Center
		Grant Grove houses the General Grant Tree, which is the Nation's Christmas Tree and our only living national shrine, commemorating those Americans who lost their lives in war.
		The trailhead is at the Grant Tree parking area, 1 mile northwest of the visitor center.
		Hume Lake is the closest lake to Grant Grove for fishing and swimming.
	www.nps.gov /seki/ggvc.htm (1017 words)

	IMA Hero: Ulysses S. Grant HH
		Ulysses S. Grant was one of the greatest military generals and the 18th President of the United States.
		From November 23 to 25, 1863, Ulysses led the Armies of the Tennessee, Cumberland, and Potomac to victory against Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chattanooga in Tennessee.
		The General Grant Tree is The Nation's Christmas Tree and a living National Shrine in memory of Americans who have died in war.
	www.imahero.com /herohistory/ulysses_herohistory.htm (1289 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks : Exploring the Area : Day Hikes \| Frommers.com
		The Lincoln Tree is nearby, and several clusters of trees include the House and the Senate.
		The trail head is at the lower end of the General Grant Tree parking area.
		General Grant Tree Trail -- This walk leads to the huge General Grant Tree, which is the nation's only living national shrine.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/sequoiaandkingscanyonnationalparks/1092026179.html (4072 words)

	Stories in the News (Sitnews) - Ketchikan, Alaska - Nation's Living Christmas Tree
		At one time, biologists estimated that the General Grant Tree, a giant sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park in California, was as old as 3,500 years, but recent U.S. Geological Survey research shows that the tree is a youthful 1,650 years old, plus or minus a few centuries.
		Trekkers to the tree last year were greeted by more than 20 inches of snow on the ground, snow falling in the ceremony, and the awesome tree itself, standing more than 267 feet tall, with a diameter of around 30 feet at the base.
		These are not the oldest trees on this planet, nor are they the tallest or the widest, yet their trunks occupy more space than any other single tree on earth.
	www.sitnews.us /1203news/120303/120303_national_tree.html (835 words)

	Giant Forest \| Sequoia National Park, California - Park Highlights \| California Hiking Trails
		This gargantuan sequoia, while neither the tallest nor the widest tree, is considered the largest living tree in the world because of its volume.
		Grant Grove is one mile beyond the Grant Grove Visitor Center on the west side of the road.
		The General Grant is called "The Nation's Christmas Tree," and special Yuletide celebrations are held under its snow-laden branches every year.
	www.visitsequoia.com /html/discover3.html (1025 words)

	Travelfiles
		General Grant Tree, or The Nations Christmas Tree is a living shrine.
		Dominating its forest neighbors, the General Grant Tree is considered by many to have the most beautiful "classic" sequoai form.
		In 1926 the tree was proclaimed the Nation's Christmas Tree, and annual celebrations are held at its base each December.
	www.lingbeek.com /travel/California.html (319 words)

	Hiking Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Parks - Really BIG Trees -The Kaweah Commonwealth Online - Weekly Newspaper
		The General Grant Tree, also known as the Nation’s Christmas Tree, is the site of a holiday celebration that takes place on the second Sunday of December each year.
		The General Grant Tree is also a living memorial to the men and women of the United States who have given their lives in service to their country.
		The Lincoln Tree, located at the south end of the Congress Trail in the Giant Forest area of Sequoia National Park, is the fifth largest tree in the world.
	www.kaweahcommonwealth.com /Hiking-Big_Trees.htm (3870 words)

	The 35 Biggest Sequoias
		It is difficult to appreciate the size of the giant sequoias because neighboring trees are so large.
		The largest of the sequoias are as tall as an average 26-story building, and their diameters at the base exceed the width of many city streets.
		The ages of the General Sherman, General Grant and other large sequoias are unknown, but it is estimated that these giants are between 1800 and 2700 years old.
	www.haabet.dk /users/mammuttrae/feet_uk.html (125 words)

	12/08/00 -- World's Largest Tree Is Younger Than Once Thought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		New age estimates for this and several other famous giant sequoias -- including the General Grant tree, known as the "Nation's Christmas Tree" -- are found in an article by research ecologist Nate Stephenson of the USGS Western Ecological Research Center in the botanical journal MadroZo.
		Tree rings in cut sequoia stumps show that sequoias much smaller than the Sherman tree have reached ages of more than 3,200 years.
		Stephenson estimates that the General Grant tree is only about 1,650 years old, and the popular Grizzly Giant tree of Yosemite National Park is only about 1,800 years old.
	forests.org /archive/general/wltreeyo.htm (592 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		This giant sequoia and its neighbors were initially protected in the 4 square-mile General Grant National Park.
		General Grant and Yosemite were created by the same legislation on October 1, 1890, one week after Sequoia was established.
		Grant Grove Visitor Center has exhibits and a 10-minute slide show on the natural and human history of Grant Grove as well as books, maps, first aid, and local wilderness permits.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /npca/destination_regions/5532.html (194 words)

	Sanger Depot Museum - The Nation's Christmas Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As the nation's symbol of Christmas joy and goodwill, the General Grant giant redwood tree in King's Canyon is an icon of glory and splendor.
		The General Grant redwood tree is over 3,500 years old and stands in a grove of equally magnificent trees, a solitary reminder of the once massive forest which it was once a part of.
		This tree was fortunately spared from the fate that took the toll of many others like it from the massive lumbering venture that took place in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
	www.webcitypress.com /sanger/grant.html (387 words)

	Christmas Tree Legends
		The current "National Christmas Tree" is a Colorado blue spruce that was donated by William and Helen Myers of York, Pennsylvania.
		In 1980, the tree was fully lighted for 417 seconds; one second for each day the hostages had been held in captivity.
		The General Grant tree is over 267 feet tall, 40 feet across at its base, and over 107 feet in circumference.
	www.ipm.iastate.edu /ipm/hortnews/2001/12-7-2001/christmastree.html (670 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| California \| Sierra Nevada \| South Sierra \| Kings Canyon National Park
		Grant Grove is at the western end of Sequoia-Kings Canyon along Highway 180, near the Big Stump Entrance Station where visitors choose either the Kings Canyon Highway to the left for Kings Canyon or the Generals Highway to the right for Sequoia National Park.
		The height of the General Grant tree is impressive, but it is not among the tallest trees in the world.
		Apparently the Twain tree was just outside the old boundary, which was updated 75 years later to include the stump in the protection of the park.
	sherpaguides.com /california/mountains/southern_sierra/kings_canyon_nat_park.html (5439 words)

	SAF - Periodicals: Forestry Source - General Sherman Tree Still Growing Like a Teenager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Named in 1879 by admirers of the Civil War general, the General Sherman tree—the world's largest tree and millennia—old resident of California's Sequoia National Park—may only be a little more than 2,000 years old and not 6,000 as was originally estimated.
		Stephenson arrived at his estimate of the tree's age by analyzing the tree rings of 214 cut Sequoia stumps, developing a mathematical formula based on that analysis, and then testing his findings against the stumps of another 250 felled sequoias.
		This method of estimating the ages of old trees, he says, was devised as part of a study to determine the effects of past changes in climate and the frequency of those changes on the giant trees.
	www.safnet.org /archive/sherman201.htm (492 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It was established in 1890 to protect the Big Trees in Giant Forest, including the General Sherman Tree, the world's largest living thing.
		In 1940, General Grant was absorbed into the new and larger Kings Canyon National Park which eventually grew to include the South Fork of the Kings River and 456,552 acres of backcountry wilderness.
		The second Sunday of December is the annual Christmas Tree Ceremony, held at the General Grant Tree in Kings Canyon National Park.
	classic.mountainzone.com /nationalparks/seki (1616 words)

	Aftermath
		He is generally very reticent, having little to do with anyone or talking little, save when "engineering" for a drink, at which he is remarkably successful.
		Pearce acts as a guardian for the for this historic spot and is glad to relate its history to passing tourists, although the historical connection is known to few people and no mark, save the veteran's flag, are to be seen on the land.
		Grant's tent was pitched a few feet from the tree and he once addressed the regiment from a spot near where the tall flagpole now stands.
	www.valstar.net /~jcraig/aftermth.htm (1462 words)

	Yosemite Association - Nature Notes
		In fact, the third-largest living sequoia (the General Grant tree) is estimated to be little more than half as old as CBR26.
		While there are exceptions (namely, the Washington and Cleveland trees), the largest living sequoias generally owe their great bulk to rapid growth, not to extraordinary age.
		For example, average ring width from the cores of the (estimated) youngest sequoia (the General Grant tree, 1.82 mm) was more than three times that of the (estimated) oldest sequoia (the Cleveland tree, 0.58 mm).
	www.yosemite.org /naturenotes/sequoiaresults.htm (1167 words)

	National Business Association - Our Nation's Christmas Tree
		It is difficult to comprehend the immense size, age and stature of the General Grant Tree, but it is easy to let your mind and spirit rise as its trunk carries your gaze toward the skies.
		In 1924 he visited what was then General Grant National Park, and found himself standing by the Grant Tree with a little girl.
		He even made the trek to the tree in 1971 when a snowstorm had closed the road and the ceremony was held outside the park.
	www.nationalbusiness.org /NBAWEB/Newsletter/938.htm (599 words)

	National Park Service: National Parks Portfolio (Sequoia and General Grant)
		Muir states that a diameter of twenty feet and a height of two hundred and seventy-five is perhaps the average for mature and favorably situated trees, while trees twenty-five feet in diameter and approaching three hundred in height are not rare.
		Measure and stake in front of a church the diameter of the General Sherman Tree.
		There are many thousands of trees in the Sequoia National Park which were growing thriftily when Christ was born; hundreds which were flourishing while Babylon was in its prime; several which antedated the pyramids on the Egyptian desert.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/portfolio/portfolio3b.htm (426 words)

	(GCG0FG) What kind of tree is Grant's Pine? by Mad_Mapper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Grant had an audience with the Emperor Meiji and had political discussions with the leaders of Japan.
		Grant visited several sites in Tokyo during his trip, and at one of them planted a tree as a commemoration of his visit.
		The tree is known in Japanese as "Guranto Matsu" or translated directly to English, “Grant’s Pine” (or perhaps better as “The Grant Pine”).
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCG0FG (715 words)

	General Grant
		We invite you to explore Ulysses S. Grant as a General of incomparable skill, whose abilities are still misunderstood or underrated.
		It is difficult to comprehend the immense size, age and stature of the General Grant Tree, but it is easy to let your mind and spirit rise as its trunk carries...
		Recreation.gov General Grant National Memorial Description: This memorial to Ulysses S. Grant, victorious Union commander of the Civil War, includes the tomb of General Grant...
	www.neddeh.com /music/General-Grant.html (480 words)

	News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The tree is also huge: The trunk is more than 100 feet around at the base and the lowest branch is 100 feet off the ground.
		The General Grant in fact is only the third-largest sequoia.
		The General Grant earned its distinction as the nation's Christmas tree back when it was a graybeard.
	www.oaklandnet.com /parks/news/120803h.asp (498 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - Kings Canyon-Sequoia National Park Gallery
		It includes the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada that are the home to the groves of the giant trees, eastward to the geographic divide of the Sierras that includes the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney.
		Referred to as the Nation's Christmas Tree, the General Grant tree is the third largest sequoia at 267 feet (88 meters) tall, and at 107 feet (35 meters) in circumference near the base, it is the thickest sequoia in the world.
		Rising from the Grant Grove, the General Grant sequoia has limbs, like mighty biceps, which are larger than the truck of many other trees.
	www.goldengatephoto.com /westus/kingsequoia.html (629 words)

	March 29, 1956
		The tree is estimated to be between 1500 and 2000 years of age.
		Although "General Grant" is widely advertised as the world largest living thing, both "General Sherman" (the tallest sequoia) and the Washington tree are larger.
		The General Grant tree is the crown jewel of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks of Northern California, which include the 4 square miles of the former "General Grant National Park" (which, like neighboring Yosemite National Park, dated back to October 1, 1890).
	home.att.net /~g.michon/march29/1956 (1254 words)

	General Grant Tree Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It culminates with the General Grant Tree which is the third largest living thing in the world.
		The largest is the General Sherman Tree which is in its sister park Sequoia National Park.
		Grants Grove can also be reached from the north by taking highway 180 east out of Fresno.
	www.cyberhikes.com /HKCP01IN.HTM (233 words)

	Sights
		The General Grant Tree is called "The Nation's Christmas Tree," and special Yuletide celebrations are held under its snow-laden branches every year in Grant Grove.
		While still a youngster at 1,800 to 2,000 years old, the beautiful behemoth is the star attraction of a grove of 2,000 and 3,000-year-old sequoias, including the 254.7-foot-tall Robert E. Lee.
		While walking the Grant Grove trail, you'll also see the historic Gamlin Cabin and Fallen Monarch Tree, in which the cavalry guarding the park stabled their horses in the 1890s.
	www.sequoia-kingscanyon.com /sights.html (889 words)

	How Big are Big Trees?
		The largest tree in the North Grove is probably the Empire State Tree, which is 18 feet in diameter six feet above the ground.
		The largest tree in the world is the General Grant tree, located in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park It stands 271 feet tall and is 28 feet in diameter at six feet above the ground.
		Most trees have their diameter measured at breast height, which is considered to be four and a half feet above the ground on the uphill side of the tree.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=1146 (453 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
		The General Grant tree is as tall as a 27-story building, wider at the base than a three-lane freeway and weighs more than 700 large cars.
		That's Dick at the entrance to the Grant Grove.
		Dick and Harry at the entrance to the Grant Grove.
	users.starpower.net /rich4205/sequoianp/SequoiaNP.html (485 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Information Page
		The General Grant Tree was discovered in 1862 by Joseph Hardin Thomas and named in 1867 by Lucretia Baker.
		The General Grant is the world's third-largest sequoia, after the General Sherman and the Washington Trees, both found in Giant Forest.
		The General Grant Tree is a living memorial to the men and women of the United States who have given their lives in service to their country.
	www.sequoia.national-park.com /info.htm (7106 words)

	Kings Canyon National Park: Sights to See
		The Mark Twain Stump is all that's left of the 26-foot-wide, 1,700-year-old tree that took two men 13 days to cut down in 1891.
		While still a youngster at 1,800 to 2,000 years old, the beautiful behemoth is the star attraction of a grove of 2,000- and 3,000-year-old sequoias, including the 254.7-foot-tall Robert E. Lee.
		It is an awesome sight to behold the white water of this wild river as it rushes between the granite canyon walls.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/content.asp?catid=72&contenttypeid=18 (633 words)

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