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	William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sherman's arrival in San Francisco was indicative of the turmoil of his time in the West: he survived not one but two shipwrecks and floated through the Golden Gate on the scraps of a foundering lumber schooner.
		Sherman's bank failed during the financial panic of 1857 and he turned to the practice of law in Leavenworth, Kansas, at which he was also unsuccessful.
		Sherman's siege and capture of Atlanta, Georgia (see Atlanta Campaign) and the subsequent March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in the autumn of 1864 made a great contribution to Abraham Lincoln's re-election as president and the successful conclusion of the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman (2512 words)

	Nearctica - Native Conifers of North America - Some Remarkable Conifers
		The General Sherman tree has a height of 250 feet and a diameter near the base of 24.75 feet.
		The Mendocino Tree in the Montgomery Woods State Preserve of California is 336 feet tall.
		Trees with estimated ages of over 2200 years are known.
	www.nearctica.com /trees/conifer/places/remark.htm (696 words)

	Lodgepole/Giant Forest Visitor Center
		Changes in the Sherman Tree area: A new parking lot and trail to the Sherman Tree are scheduled to open sometime in August.
		General Sherman Tree: The General Sherman Tree is 274.9' (83.8 meters) tall, and 102.6' (31.3 meters) in circumference at its base.
		Other trees in the world are taller: the tallest tree in the world is the Coast Redwood, which averages 300' - 350' (91.4 - 106.7 meters) in height.
	www.nps.gov /seki/lpvc.htm (1417 words)

	General Sherman tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the largest tree in the world (and sometimes considered the largest organism), as measured by the volume of its trunk (1487 cubic metres as of 2002).
		The tree is located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park, at 36° 34′ 55″ N, 118° 45′ 04″ W
		It is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War leader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_Sherman_tree (131 words)

	Yosemite Association - Nature Notes
		One early researcher believed that the General Sherman tree was about 4000 years old, though he reported that an estimate based on "average number of rings counted...
		Douglass stated that "[t]hese are ring sizes which, in relation to the total size of the tree and the probable rate at which rings increase in size toward the center, supplied an estimate of the age of the tree of 3500 years plus or minus 500 years" (Douglass 1946).
		As careful as Hartesveldt may have been in stating that the General Sherman tree was less than 2500 years old, the National Park Service, perhaps unable to bear such a precipitous decline in the tree's age, instead adopted 2500 years as the midpoint for a range encompassing the tree's estimated age.
	www.yosemite.org /naturenotes/SequoiaAges.htm (1471 words)

	SAF - Periodicals: Forestry Source - General Sherman Tree Still Growing Like a Teenager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to recent research from the US Geological Survey, the General Sherman tree may be the largest tree in Sequoia National Park, but it's not necessarily the oldest.
		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.
		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)

	Nearctica - Native Conifers of North America - California Conifers
		The largest individual Giant Sequoia is the General Sherman tree.
		The oldest known trees, and perhaps the oldest living organisms, are Intermountain Bristlecone Pines (Pinus longaeva).
		Trees more than 4600 years old have been found in Inyo National Forest near Bishop, California.
	www.nearctica.com /trees/conifer/places/calif.htm (654 words)

	SOY Newsletter: Articles From November 2001, Page 1
		Tree ring measurements taken from the outermost portions of the General Sherman suggest that this current growth rate has been sustained for some time, and can be expected to continue.
		If the trunk of the General Sherman Tree were laid horizontally on a football field and the roots were on one goal line, the top of the tree would be 91 yards away on the opposing 9-yard line.
		The annual growth rate of the trunk of the General Sherman Tree is equal to the trunk of an average tree one foot in basal diameter and 50 feet tall.
	www.soysite.com /newsletter/Nov01-1.html (3606 words)

	Hiking Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Parks - Really BIG Trees -The Kaweah Commonwealth Online - Weekly Newspaper
		The General Sherman Tree was named Aug. 7, 1879, by James Wolverton, pioneer cattleman and trapper, in honor of General William Tecumseh Sherman, under whom he served as first lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Cavalry.
		The Washington Tree’s diameter at breast height is 26 feet; the Sherman Tree is 25.1.
		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)

	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)

	Encyclopedia: General Sherman tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is the largest tree in the world, as measured by the volume of its trunk (1487 cubic metres as of 2002).
		Portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman by Mathew Brady William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 â€“ February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author.
		The American Civil War was fought in North America from 1861 until 1865 between the United States of America â€“ forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union â€“ and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/General-Sherman-tree (328 words)

	Get Outdoors - Destinations: Got Trees?
		General Sherman Tree: The General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is the largest (by volume) tree in the world.
		The General Sherman Tree is 274.9' (83.8 meters) tall, and 102.6' (31.3 meters) in circumference at its base.
		General Grant Tree: The General Grant is the third largest tree in the world, after the General Sherman and the Washington Trees, both found in Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /go/golearn/301 (723 words)

	EcoWorld - Trees Articles
		The giant sequoia redwood tree, named General Sherman Tree, in California's Sequoia National Park, has grown to a height of 84 m (275 ft) and a diameter of 11 m (37 ft).
		Trees grow just about everywhere on Earth, from extreme cold regions near the Arctic and the Antarctic to hot tropical regions around the equator and even in deserts.
		As more trees toward the outside of the stand grow and become mature, they drop seeds and continue the spread of the stand.
	www.ecoworld.com /Trees/EcoWorld_Trees_Home.cfm (484 words)

	World's Largest Tree is Younger Than Once Thought 12-06-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The massive conifer, named General Sherman in 1879 by admirers of the Civil War general, may be little more than 2,000 years old, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study.
		Tree rings in cut sequoia stumps show that sequoias much smaller than the Sherman tree have reached ages of more than 3,200 years.
		The new age estimate relies on tree-ring measurements from pencil-thin, foot-long cores of wood removed from near the base the Sherman tree, and mathematical formulas based on measurements from hundreds of sequoia stumps.
	www.werc.usgs.gov /news/2000-12-06.html (702 words)

	Giant Sequoia
		A tree typically reaches a diameter of 305 to 610 cm (120 to 240 in) above the butt swell and an average height of around 76 m (250 ft).
		The eight northern groves are all on slopes of a generally southern aspect.
		The General Sherman tree grows at this rate and has been estimated by different methods to have an average growth increment of 1.13 cubic m (40 cubic ft) per year and 1.44 cubic m (51 cubic ft) per year (Burns 1990).
	www.forestry.auburn.edu /sfnmc/class/gs.html (1915 words)

	The General Sherman Tree, Sequoia National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is the largest (by volume) tree in the world.
		Computing the volume of a standing tree is the practical equivalent of calculating the volume of an irregular cone.
		Using these accepted standards and actual field measurements taken in 1975, the volume of the Sherman Tree was calculated to be slightly over 52.500 cubic feet (1486.6 meters).
	www.nps.gov /seki/shrm_pic.htm (119 words)

	Visalia Times Delta - www.visaliatimesdelta.com - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sequoia National Park officials this week closed the parking lot next to the General Sherman tree, which is just yards away, and will redirect traffic to a new parking lot north of the tree, a 2-mile drive out of the way.
		The General Sherman tree is one of the largest trees in the world measuring 274 feet tall and 30 feet in diameter.
		Those spaces will remain yards from the tree, where they are now, but will be moved to the east side of the road, rather than the west.
	www.visaliatimesdelta.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/NEWS01/508110307/1002 (374 words)

	Even General Sherman no match for Cowley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		TREE HUNTER: Porterville man is the official measurer of state's biggest trees.
		Two trees next to each other in a historical park in Camarillo also head their classes -- a "monkey puzzle" tree that checks in at 209 inches around, 112 feet tall and 57 feet in spread, and a Norfolk Island pine that measures 139, 107 and 61.
		The Norfolk tree is native to a Pacific island.
	web.insidevc.com /lifestyle/370017.shtml (964 words)

	Fifth Day - September 26th, Moro Rock and Little Baldy trails - 11 miles total today. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The General Sherman Tree stands as the ultimate example of the growth potential of a giant sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum).
		Other types of trees are taller, or thicker at the base, but no other living thing on this planet exceeds the volume of this giant sequoia.
		The General Sherman Tree owes its immense size not to great age (many other sequoias are older) but rather to its very rapid growth rate.
	home.earthlink.net /~sneeda/id5.html (342 words)

	The Sequoia Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The redwood is native in the fog belt of the Coast Ranges from southern Monterey county, Calif., to southern Oregon, U.S., and the big tree occurs in scattered groves on the westerly slopes of the Sierra Nevada from Placer to Tulare counties in California.
		The big tree is the largest of all trees in bulk; once reputed as the oldest living thing, the largest stumps examined in tree-ring studies were found to be less than 4,000 years old (bristlecone pines are older).
		The big tree is distinguished from the coastal redwood by having uniformly scalelike, or awl-shaped, leaves that lie close against the branches, scaleless winter buds, and cones requiring two seasons to mature.
	llpoh.codex23.com /sequoia (797 words)

	OneDayHikes.com - Hikes and Hiking Trails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Trail Head: General Sherman Tree parking area, a couple of miles past the new Giant Forest Museum.
		There is a brief glimpse of snow-capped peaks through the trees on the right (due east) before an easy descent to denser forest.
		This is a lovely part of the hike, the ground covered with lupine and red snow plants, which feed on decaying matter.
	www.onedayhikes.com /PrintFriendlyHikes.asp?HikesId=103 (1129 words)

	New Age Estimated For Sequoia / General Sherman tree still in adolescence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At perhaps 2,200 years old, the General Sherman tree is still a kid.
		A giant sequoia in California's Sequoia National Park may be the largest tree in the world, but it isn't nearly as old as scientists have thought, according to a forest ecologist's surprising new measurements.
		Known as the General Sherman tree, the tree was first estimated at nearly 6, 000 years years old, while more recent estimates in the 1960s cut its age to 3, 500 years and even to 2,500 years.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2000/12/08/MN161495.DTL&type=science (424 words)

	General Sherman Sequoia Tree. Kings Canyon National Park
		The General Sherman tree is estimated to be over 2000 years old.
		Giant Sequoias are one of the fastest growing trees - growing (on average) between one and two feet a year until they reach a maximum height of 200 to 300 feet when they start growing a bigger girth rather than gaining more height.
		Giant Sequoia trees are also known to release both insect and fungi repelling chemicals making their huge trunks less of a natural target for insect and fungal predators.
	www.virtualtravel.freeuk.com /general.htm (430 words)

	Photographs Of General Sherman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sherman, William Tecumseh -> Bibliography on Encyclopedia.com 2002 - William Tecumseh Sherman Date: 01/01/1996 Publication: Archive Photos; Author: ; Source: PICTURES.
		General Sherman Artifacts - Below we present some of General Sherman's possessions on display at the Smithsonian Institute.
		General Sherman formed in the fall of 2004, and played their first show soon...
	www.somephoto.com /photographs-of-general-sherman.html (510 words)

	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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)

	Sequoia Virtual Travel in 974 images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The sequoia trees are not the tallest trees in the world, but because of their large circumferences, they are the largest in total volume.
		They are very old trees, some known to be 3000 years old and some possibly as much as 4000 years.
		The General Sherman Tree, in the Giant Forest, is claimed to be the largest living thing in the world.
	www.untraveledroad.com /USA/Parks/Sequoia.htm (283 words)

	Tree Totem-Special Guest Articles-Giant Sequoias and Redwoods-Page 2
		General Sherman is pronounced by the US Government as being the biggest tree in the world, measured by the amount of wood it contains.
		These trees are so huge, sometimes you have to look close before you even notice the people beneath them.
		The age of the redwood is said to be about half that of the Sequoias and the life of a mature specimen is said to be between 500 and 1,300 years.
	treetotem.com /gpsequoias2.htm (782 words)

	Sequoia National Park-California: Press Kit -- Sequoia National Park Top Visitor Attractions
		The two-mile looping Congress Trail provides access to the General Sherman Tree, as well as the 246.1-foot tall Washington Tree, the world's second largest.
		While neither the tallest nor the widest tree, the General Sherman is considered to be the largest living tree in the world because of its volume.
		Moro Rock parking area is 3.5 miles south of the General Sherman Tree at General's Highway.
	www.visitsequoia.com /html/pk_top_visitor_attractions.htm (414 words)

	Ground Trades Xchange - a landscaping forum Archive - The General Sherman Tree
		This tree is the largest (known) living thing on earth.
		The tree is 2300-2700 years old, 275 feet tall, and 36.5 feet in diameter at the base.
		The mass of the tree is estimated at 1385 tons.
	www.groundtradesxchange.com /forums/showthread/t-1118.html (157 words)

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