What to see in America . eeds. The seeds are exceedinglysmall, and develop in cones only about two and one half incheslong. jMiddle-aged trees are commonly free of branchesfrom fifty to one hundred feet above the ground. The tip ofthe older trees has usually been smashed by lightning, and isa dead snag surrounded by living upward-turned w^ood resists decay marvelously, and a fallen tree willremain sound for hundreds of years. The General Grant Park is on the route from Sanger toKings River Canyon. The South Fork of the river flowsthrough a canyon that rivals the beauty of the Yose
What to see in America . eeds. The seeds are exceedinglysmall, and develop in cones only about two and one half incheslong. jMiddle-aged trees are commonly free of branchesfrom fifty to one hundred feet above the ground. The tip ofthe older trees has usually been smashed by lightning, and isa dead snag surrounded by living upward-turned w^ood resists decay marvelously, and a fallen tree willremain sound for hundreds of years. The General Grant Park is on the route from Sanger toKings River Canyon. The South Fork of the river flowsthrough a canyon that rivals the beauty of the scenery near the headwaters around Bullfrog Lake isparticularly wild, and in that vicinity Mt. Whitney, thesupreme apex of all the mountains in the United States, rises to a height of 14,501 feet. Sev-eral of the neigh-boring peaks areonly a thousandor so feet lesshigh. The as-cent is commonlymade from theeast after leavingthe railroad atLone Pine. Boththe highest andRoad near Kings River Canyon lowest points in. California 485
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